How To Install gnu-free-mono-fonts on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-free-mono-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.
What is gnu-free-mono-fonts
Gnu FreeFont is a free family of scalable outline fonts, suitable for general use on computers and for desktop publishing. It is Unicode-encoded for compatibility with all modern operating systems. Besides a full set of characters for writing systems based on the Latin alphabet, FreeFont contains large selection of characters from other writing systems some of which are hard to find elsewhere. FreeFont also contains a large set of symbol characters, both technical and decorative. We are especially pleased with the Mathematical Operators range, with which most of the glyphs used in LaTeX can be displayed. This package contains the GNU FreeFont monospaced font.
We can use yum or dnf to install gnu-free-mono-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install gnu-free-mono-fonts.
Install gnu-free-mono-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gnu-free-mono-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install gnu-free-mono-fonts
Install gnu-free-mono-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install gnu-free-mono-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install gnu-free-mono-fonts
How To Uninstall gnu-free-mono-fonts on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the gnu-free-mono-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove gnu-free-mono-fonts
gnu-free-mono-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/etc/fonts/conf.d/69-gnu-free-mono.conf
/usr/share/appdata/gnu-free-mono.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/69-gnu-free-mono.conf
/usr/share/fonts/gnu-free
/usr/share/fonts/gnu-free/FreeMono.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/gnu-free/FreeMonoBold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/gnu-free/FreeMonoBoldOblique.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/gnu-free/FreeMonoOblique.ttf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnu-free-mono-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.