How To Install stix-fonts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install stix-fonts on CentOS 7. stix-fonts is Scientific and engineering fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stix-fonts on CentOS 7.

What is stix-fonts

The mission of the Scientific and Technical Information Exchange (STIX) font creation project is the preparation of a comprehensive set of fonts that serve the scientific and engineering community in the process from manuscript creation through final publication, both in electronic and print formats. This package includes base Unicode fonts containing most glyphs for standard use in the usual four styles.

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

Install stix-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 stix-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install stix-fonts

Install stix-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 stix-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install stix-fonts

How To Uninstall stix-fonts on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove stix-fonts

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Summary

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