How To Install fonts-taml-tscu on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-taml-tscu on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-taml-tscu
fonts-taml-tscu is:
This package provides following TSCu family of non Unicode fonts
- TSCu_Comic
- TSCu_Paranar
- TSCu_Times
- TSCu_paranarb
- TSCu_paranari Tamil is the widely used language in the Indian state of TamilNadu and Sri Lanka.
There are three methods to install fonts-taml-tscu 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-taml-tscu 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-taml-tscu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-taml-tscu
Install fonts-taml-tscu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-taml-tscu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-taml-tscu
Install fonts-taml-tscu 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-taml-tscu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-taml-tscu
How To Uninstall fonts-taml-tscu on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-taml-tscu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-taml-tscu
Uninstall fonts-taml-tscu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-taml-tscu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-taml-tscu
Remove fonts-taml-tscu Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-taml-tscu configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-taml-tscu
Remove fonts-taml-tscu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-taml-tscu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-taml-tscu
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-taml-tscu package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
