How To Install fonts-yozvox-yozfont on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-yozvox-yozfont on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-yozvox-yozfont is Japanese proportional Handwriting OpenType font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-yozvox-yozfont on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-yozvox-yozfont

fonts-yozvox-yozfont is:

YOzFont is Handwriting Japanese font that standards to “JIS X 0213:2004” and contains the 10000 or more characters (includes hiragana, katakana and kanji).

This is “meiryo compatible” - similar to Microsoft Meiryo font, proportional (without Japanese character) and Wide line pitch

This is metapackage, it pulls all YOzFont packages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-yozvox-yozfont

Install fonts-yozvox-yozfont Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-yozvox-yozfont

Install fonts-yozvox-yozfont 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-yozvox-yozfont using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-yozvox-yozfont

How To Uninstall fonts-yozvox-yozfont on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fonts-yozvox-yozfont package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-yozvox-yozfont

Uninstall fonts-yozvox-yozfont And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-yozvox-yozfont and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-yozvox-yozfont

Remove fonts-yozvox-yozfont Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-yozvox-yozfont

Remove fonts-yozvox-yozfont configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-yozvox-yozfont

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Summary

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