How To Install fonts-vlgothic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-vlgothic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonts-vlgothic
fonts-vlgothic is:
VL Gothic is beautiful Japanese free Gothic TrueType font, developed by Project Vine.
It is based on Sazanami Gothic (by Electronic Font Open Laboratory) and M+1C/M+1M font (by M+ FONTS PROJECT).
There are three methods to install fonts-vlgothic 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-vlgothic 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-vlgothic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-vlgothic
Install fonts-vlgothic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-vlgothic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-vlgothic
Install fonts-vlgothic 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-vlgothic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-vlgothic
How To Uninstall fonts-vlgothic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonts-vlgothic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-vlgothic
Uninstall fonts-vlgothic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-vlgothic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-vlgothic
Remove fonts-vlgothic Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-vlgothic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-vlgothic
Remove fonts-vlgothic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-vlgothic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-vlgothic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-vlgothic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
