How To Install google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7. google-noto-cjk-fonts is Google Noto Sans CJK Fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7.

What is google-noto-cjk-fonts

Noto Sans CJK is a sans serif typeface designed as an intermediate style between the modern and traditional. It is intended to be a multi-purpose digital font for user interface designs, digital content, reading on laptops, mobile devices, and electronic books. Noto Sans CJK comprehensively covers Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, and Korean in a unified font family. It supports regional variants of ideographic characters for each of the four languages. In addition, it supports Japanese kana, vertical forms, and variant characters (itaiji); it supports Korean hangeul — both contemporary and archaic.

We can use yum or dnf to install google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install google-noto-cjk-fonts.

Install google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install google-noto-cjk-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install google-noto-cjk-fonts

Install google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7 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 google-noto-cjk-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install google-noto-cjk-fonts

How To Uninstall google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the google-noto-cjk-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove google-noto-cjk-fonts

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-noto-cjk-fonts on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.