How To Install open-sans-fonts on AlmaLinux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-sans-fonts on AlmaLinux 8.
What is open-sans-fonts
Open Sans is a humanist sans serif typeface designed by Steve Matteson, Type Director of Ascender Corp. This version contains the complete 897 character set, which includes the standard ISO Latin 1, Latin CE, Greek and Cyrillic character sets. Open Sans was designed with an upright stress, open forms and a neutral, yet friendly appearance. It was optimized for print, web, and mobile interfaces, and has excellent legibility characteristics in its letter forms.
We can use yum or dnf to install open-sans-fonts on AlmaLinux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install open-sans-fonts.
Install open-sans-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 open-sans-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install open-sans-fonts
Install open-sans-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 open-sans-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install open-sans-fonts
How To Uninstall open-sans-fonts on AlmaLinux 8
To uninstall only the open-sans-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove open-sans-fonts
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install open-sans-fonts on AlmaLinux 8 using yum and dnf.