How To Install gsfonts-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsfonts-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gsfonts-x11
gsfonts-x11 is:
This package makes the 35 PostScript fonts from the gsfonts package available to your X server under their “urw” names and via fonts.alias with the official “adobe” names, too.
This package does not contain any fonts itself but allows one to reuse the ghostscript fonts as X11 screen fonts.
There are three methods to install gsfonts-x11 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-x11 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-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gsfonts-x11
Install gsfonts-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gsfonts-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gsfonts-x11
Install gsfonts-x11 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-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gsfonts-x11
How To Uninstall gsfonts-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gsfonts-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gsfonts-x11
Uninstall gsfonts-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gsfonts-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gsfonts-x11
Remove gsfonts-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove gsfonts-x11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gsfonts-x11
Remove gsfonts-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gsfonts-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gsfonts-x11
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gsfonts-x11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
