How To Install fonts-takao-pgothic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-takao-pgothic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-takao-pgothic
fonts-takao-pgothic is:
Takao Fonts are Japanese gothic and mincho scalable fonts. They are suitable for both display and printing. This package provides them in TrueType format.
Takao Fonts are based on IPA Fonts and IPAex Fonts. Takao’s purpose is to make it possible to maintain and release the fonts by the community with changing their names.
This package includes Takao P Gothic.
There are three methods to install fonts-takao-pgothic on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-takao-pgothic 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-takao-pgothic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-takao-pgothic
Install fonts-takao-pgothic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-takao-pgothic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-takao-pgothic
Install fonts-takao-pgothic 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-takao-pgothic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-takao-pgothic
How To Uninstall fonts-takao-pgothic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-takao-pgothic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-takao-pgothic
Uninstall fonts-takao-pgothic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-takao-pgothic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-takao-pgothic
Remove fonts-takao-pgothic Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-takao-pgothic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-takao-pgothic
Remove fonts-takao-pgothic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-takao-pgothic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-takao-pgothic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-takao-pgothic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
