How To Install liberation-mono-fonts on AlmaLinux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install liberation-mono-fonts in AlmaLinux 8. liberation-mono-fonts is Monospace fonts to replace commonly used Microsoft Courier New

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liberation-mono-fonts on AlmaLinux 8.

What is liberation-mono-fonts

The Liberation Fonts are intended to be replacements for the 3 most commonly used fonts on Microsoft systems This package provides Monospace TrueType fonts that replace commonly used Microsoft Courier New.

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

Install liberation-mono-fonts on AlmaLinux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install liberation-mono-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install liberation-mono-fonts

Install liberation-mono-fonts on AlmaLinux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install liberation-mono-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install liberation-mono-fonts

How To Uninstall liberation-mono-fonts on AlmaLinux 8

To uninstall only the liberation-mono-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove liberation-mono-fonts

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liberation-mono-fonts on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.