How To Install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts on CentOS 7.

What is mozilla-fira-sans-fonts

Originally designed to integrate with the character of Firefox OS, Fira is a new set of sans-serif fonts which focuses on legibility. This package contains the sans-serif version of Mozilla’s Fira font.

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

Install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts

Install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts 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 mozilla-fira-sans-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts

How To Uninstall mozilla-fira-sans-fonts on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the mozilla-fira-sans-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mozilla-fira-sans-fonts

References

• mozilla-fira-sans-fonts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mozilla-fira-sans-fonts on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.