How To Install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 7.
What is terminus-fonts-console
The Terminus Font is designed for long (8 and more hours per day) work with computers. Version 4.32 contains 850 characters, covers about 120 language sets and supports ISO8859-1/2/5/7/9/13/15/16, Paratype-PT154/PT254, KOI8-R/U/E/F, Esperanto, and many IBM, Windows and Macintosh code pages, as well as the IBM VGA, vt100 and xterm pseudographic characters. The sizes present are 6x12, 8x14, 8x16, 10x20, 11x22, 12x24, 14x28 and 16x32. The styles are normal and bold (except for 6x12), plus EGA/VGA-bold for 8x14 and 8x16. The font is available for the Linux console and for X11. This package contains the fonts to use with the Linux console.
We can use yum or dnf to install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install terminus-fonts-console.
Install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install terminus-fonts-console using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install terminus-fonts-console
Install terminus-fonts-console 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 terminus-fonts-console using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install terminus-fonts-console
How To Uninstall terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the terminus-fonts-console package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove terminus-fonts-console
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install terminus-fonts-console on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.