How To Install fonty-rg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonty-rg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fonty-rg
fonty-rg is:
fonty-rg contains fonts for linux console, including fonts for ISO-8859-1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14,15,16, KOI8-R,U,C, CP1250, CP1251, CP1252 codepages, as well as two Unicode fonts with wide coverage, and an ISO-8859-16 ACM file.
There are three methods to install fonty-rg 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 fonty-rg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fonty-rg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonty-rg
Install fonty-rg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonty-rg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonty-rg
Install fonty-rg 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 fonty-rg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonty-rg
How To Uninstall fonty-rg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fonty-rg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonty-rg
Uninstall fonty-rg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonty-rg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonty-rg
Remove fonty-rg Configurations and Data
To remove fonty-rg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonty-rg
Remove fonty-rg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonty-rg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonty-rg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonty-rg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
