How To Install fonts-tlwg-loma on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tlwg-loma on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-tlwg-loma
fonts-tlwg-loma is:
This package provides Thai Loma UI font from NECTEC.
The font provides Arial-compatible Thai glyphs with metrics optimized for on-screen user interface. For example, line spacing is reduced from regular typographic designs to allow more lines displayed on screen.
This is a dependency package for installing alternative font formats.
There are three methods to install fonts-tlwg-loma 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-loma 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-loma using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-tlwg-loma
Install fonts-tlwg-loma Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-tlwg-loma using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-tlwg-loma
Install fonts-tlwg-loma 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-loma using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-tlwg-loma
How To Uninstall fonts-tlwg-loma on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-tlwg-loma package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-tlwg-loma
Uninstall fonts-tlwg-loma And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-tlwg-loma 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-loma
Remove fonts-tlwg-loma Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-tlwg-loma configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-tlwg-loma
Remove fonts-tlwg-loma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-tlwg-loma configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-tlwg-loma
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tlwg-loma package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
