How To Install libfonts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfonts on CentOS 7. libfonts is TrueType Font Layouting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfonts on CentOS 7.

What is libfonts

LibFonts is a library developed to support advanced layouting in JFreeReport. This library allows to read TrueType-Font files to extract layouting specific informations.

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

Install libfonts on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install libfonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libfonts

Install libfonts 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 libfonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libfonts

How To Uninstall libfonts on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the libfonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libfonts

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfonts on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.