How To Install google-roboto-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-roboto-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. google-roboto-fonts is Google Roboto fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-roboto-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is google-roboto-fonts

Roboto is a sans-serif typeface family introduced with Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Google describes the font as “modern, yet approachable” and “emotional”.

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

Install google-roboto-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 google-roboto-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install google-roboto-fonts

Install google-roboto-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 google-roboto-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install google-roboto-fonts

How To Uninstall google-roboto-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove google-roboto-fonts

google-roboto-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/64-google-roboto.conf
/usr/share/appdata/google-roboto.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/64-google-roboto.conf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-Black.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-BlackItalic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-Bold.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-BoldItalic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-Italic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-Light.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-LightItalic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-Medium.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-MediumItalic.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-Regular.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-Thin.ttf
/usr/share/fonts/google-roboto/Roboto-ThinItalic.ttf
/usr/share/licenses/google-roboto-fonts
/usr/share/licenses/google-roboto-fonts/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install google-roboto-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.