How To Install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8. ghostscript-tools-fonts is Ghostscript’s font utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8.

What is ghostscript-tools-fonts

This package provides utilities which are useful when you are working with AFM, PFB or PFA files, mostly for conversion purposes.

We can use yum or dnf to install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ghostscript-tools-fonts.

Install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-tools-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ghostscript-tools-fonts

Install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install ghostscript-tools-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install ghostscript-tools-fonts

How To Uninstall ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the ghostscript-tools-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ghostscript-tools-fonts

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ghostscript-tools-fonts on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.