How To Install fonts-tiresias on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tiresias on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-tiresias
fonts-tiresias is:
This is a family of realist sans-serif typefaces that were designed for best legibility by people with impaired vision at the Scientific Research Unit of Royal National Institute of the Blind in London.
There are three methods to install fonts-tiresias 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-tiresias 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-tiresias using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-tiresias
Install fonts-tiresias Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-tiresias using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-tiresias
Install fonts-tiresias 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-tiresias using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-tiresias
How To Uninstall fonts-tiresias on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-tiresias package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-tiresias
Uninstall fonts-tiresias And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-tiresias and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-tiresias
Remove fonts-tiresias Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-tiresias configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-tiresias
Remove fonts-tiresias configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-tiresias configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-tiresias
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tiresias package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
