How To Install fonts-tlwg-typo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is fonts-tlwg-typo

fonts-tlwg-typo is:

This package provides Thai TlwgTypo monospace font from TLWG.

The font provides Thai purely monospace font, i.e. all glyphs are of the same width, even for combining characters, but with some rules in the font to combine them to base characters.

The glyph shapes are designed to look like Thai electric typewriters.

This is a dependency package for installing alternative font formats.

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

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

Install fonts-tlwg-typo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-tlwg-typo

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-tlwg-typo

How To Uninstall fonts-tlwg-typo on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-tlwg-typo

Uninstall fonts-tlwg-typo And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-tlwg-typo 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-typo

Remove fonts-tlwg-typo Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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