How To Install fonts-tlwg-mono on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tlwg-mono on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-tlwg-mono
fonts-tlwg-mono is:
This package provides Thai TlwgMono monospace font from TLWG.
The font provides Thai purely monospace font, i.e. all glyphs are of the same width, even for combining characters.
The glyph shapes are designed to look like Thai X bitmap font for terminal.
This is a dependency package for installing alternative font formats.
There are three methods to install fonts-tlwg-mono 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-mono 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-mono using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-tlwg-mono
Install fonts-tlwg-mono Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-tlwg-mono using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-tlwg-mono
Install fonts-tlwg-mono 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-mono using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-tlwg-mono
How To Uninstall fonts-tlwg-mono on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-tlwg-mono package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-tlwg-mono
Uninstall fonts-tlwg-mono And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-tlwg-mono 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-mono
Remove fonts-tlwg-mono Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-tlwg-mono configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-tlwg-mono
Remove fonts-tlwg-mono configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-tlwg-mono configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-tlwg-mono
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-tlwg-mono package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
