How To Install fonts-tlwg-laksaman on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tlwg-laksaman on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-tlwg-laksaman is Thai Laksaman font (dependency package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tlwg-laksaman on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-tlwg-laksaman

fonts-tlwg-laksaman is:

This package provides Thai Laksaman font from TLWG.

Modified from Sarabun, the font provides Thai monoweight glyphs as used in Thai official documents and letters.

This is a dependency package for installing alternative font formats.

There are three methods to install fonts-tlwg-laksaman 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-tlwg-laksaman 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-tlwg-laksaman using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-tlwg-laksaman

Install fonts-tlwg-laksaman Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-tlwg-laksaman using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-tlwg-laksaman

Install fonts-tlwg-laksaman 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-tlwg-laksaman using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-tlwg-laksaman

How To Uninstall fonts-tlwg-laksaman on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fonts-tlwg-laksaman package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-tlwg-laksaman

Uninstall fonts-tlwg-laksaman And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-tlwg-laksaman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-tlwg-laksaman

Remove fonts-tlwg-laksaman Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-tlwg-laksaman configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-tlwg-laksaman

Remove fonts-tlwg-laksaman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-tlwg-laksaman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-tlwg-laksaman

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tlwg-laksaman package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.