How To Install gsfonts-other on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsfonts-other on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gsfonts-other
gsfonts-other is:
This package contains a miscellaneous set of fonts, including Cyrillic, kana, and fonts derived from the free Hershey fonts, with improvements (such as adding accented characters) by Thomas Wolff.
There are three methods to install gsfonts-other 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 gsfonts-other Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gsfonts-other using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gsfonts-other
Install gsfonts-other Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gsfonts-other using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gsfonts-other
Install gsfonts-other 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 gsfonts-other using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gsfonts-other
How To Uninstall gsfonts-other on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gsfonts-other package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gsfonts-other
Uninstall gsfonts-other And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gsfonts-other and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gsfonts-other
Remove gsfonts-other Configurations and Data
To remove gsfonts-other configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gsfonts-other
Remove gsfonts-other configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gsfonts-other configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gsfonts-other
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsfonts-other package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
