How To Install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console is:
The Ubuntu Font Family is a set of contemporary sans-serif fonts developed between 2010-2011. Dalton Maag performed the font design work and implementation with funding from Canonical. The fonts have been the default fonts for Ubuntu since 2010.
This package contains the “Ubuntu Mono” font converted to a bitmap version for Linux console use. These fonts can be loaded from a virtual terminal by executing “setfont /usr/share/consolefonts/UbuntuMono*.psf” .
This is a transitional package.
There are three methods to install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console 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-ubuntu-font-family-console 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-ubuntu-font-family-console using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
Install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
Install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console 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-ubuntu-font-family-console using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
How To Uninstall fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
Uninstall fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
Remove fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
Remove fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ubuntu-font-family-console package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
