How To Install smc-meera-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install smc-meera-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. smc-meera-fonts is Open Type Fonts for Malayalam script

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smc-meera-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is smc-meera-fonts

The Meera font package contains fonts for the display of traditional Malayalam Scripts.

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

Install smc-meera-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install smc-meera-fonts

Install smc-meera-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

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

sudo yum -y install smc-meera-fonts

How To Uninstall smc-meera-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the smc-meera-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove smc-meera-fonts

smc-meera-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/65-0-smc-meera.conf
/usr/share/appdata/smc-meera.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/doc/smc-meera-fonts
/usr/share/doc/smc-meera-fonts/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/smc-meera-fonts/README
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/65-0-smc-meera.conf
/usr/share/fonts/smc
/usr/share/fonts/smc/Meera.ttf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smc-meera-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.