How To Install fonts-smc-gayathri on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-smc-gayathri
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-smc-gayathri
fonts-smc-gayathri is:
This package provides Gayathri font for Malayalam script which is primarily used in the state of Kerala. The font is developed by SMC community. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install fonts-smc-gayathri
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fonts-smc-gayathri Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-smc-gayathri
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-smc-gayathri
Install fonts-smc-gayathri Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-smc-gayathri
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-smc-gayathri
Install fonts-smc-gayathri Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-smc-gayathri
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-smc-gayathri
How To Uninstall fonts-smc-gayathri on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-smc-gayathri
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-smc-gayathri
Uninstall fonts-smc-gayathri And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-smc-gayathri
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-smc-gayathri
Remove fonts-smc-gayathri Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-smc-gayathri
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-smc-gayathri
Remove fonts-smc-gayathri configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-smc-gayathri
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-smc-gayathri
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-smc-gayathri
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.