How To Install t1-xfree86-nonfree on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install t1-xfree86-nonfree
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is t1-xfree86-nonfree
t1-xfree86-nonfree is:
Collection of Postscript Type 1 fonts originally part of the XFree86 distribution, but which are licensed under terms incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, and thus cannot be distributed as part of Debian.
The fonts are:
- IBM Courier
- B&H Luxi Mono
- B&H Luxi Sans
- B&H Luxi Serif
Other non-free fonts are in the separate packages fonts-xfree86-nonfree and fonts-xfree86-nonfree-syriac.
There are three methods to install t1-xfree86-nonfree
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install t1-xfree86-nonfree Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install t1-xfree86-nonfree
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install t1-xfree86-nonfree
Install t1-xfree86-nonfree Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install t1-xfree86-nonfree
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install t1-xfree86-nonfree
Install t1-xfree86-nonfree 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 t1-xfree86-nonfree
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install t1-xfree86-nonfree
How To Uninstall t1-xfree86-nonfree on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the t1-xfree86-nonfree
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove t1-xfree86-nonfree
Uninstall t1-xfree86-nonfree And Its Dependencies
To uninstall t1-xfree86-nonfree
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove t1-xfree86-nonfree
Remove t1-xfree86-nonfree Configurations and Data
To remove t1-xfree86-nonfree
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge t1-xfree86-nonfree
Remove t1-xfree86-nonfree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove t1-xfree86-nonfree
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge t1-xfree86-nonfree
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install t1-xfree86-nonfree
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.