How To Install mathematica-fonts on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mathematica-fonts
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mathematica-fonts
mathematica-fonts is:
This dummy package is provided for a smooth transition from the previous old package name to fonts-mathematica, to match the fonts policy.
It may be safely removed after installation.
There are three methods to install mathematica-fonts
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 mathematica-fonts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mathematica-fonts
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mathematica-fonts
Install mathematica-fonts Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mathematica-fonts
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mathematica-fonts
Install mathematica-fonts 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 mathematica-fonts
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mathematica-fonts
How To Uninstall mathematica-fonts on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mathematica-fonts
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mathematica-fonts
Uninstall mathematica-fonts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mathematica-fonts
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mathematica-fonts
Remove mathematica-fonts Configurations and Data
To remove mathematica-fonts
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mathematica-fonts
Remove mathematica-fonts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mathematica-fonts
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mathematica-fonts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mathematica-fonts
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.