How To Install ttf-staypuft on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttf-staypuft on Ubuntu 18.04. ttf-staypuft is Free TrueType font

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttf-staypuft on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ttf-staypuft

ttf-staypuft is:

Stay-Puft is a font developed freehand, with minimal splines. It’s all rounded and a sort of marshmallowy, so the author thought on it as the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Font (see Ghostbusters if you don’t get it). The outcome looks sort of like Comic Sans MS. It’s kind of cute, and might be good for frivolous stuff such as birthday cards.

It covers only languages using latin1 (ISO-8859-1).

There are three methods to install ttf-staypuft on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ttf-staypuft Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ttf-staypuft using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ttf-staypuft

Install ttf-staypuft Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ttf-staypuft using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ttf-staypuft

Install ttf-staypuft 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 ttf-staypuft using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ttf-staypuft

How To Uninstall ttf-staypuft on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ttf-staypuft package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ttf-staypuft

Uninstall ttf-staypuft And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ttf-staypuft and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ttf-staypuft

Remove ttf-staypuft Configurations and Data

To remove ttf-staypuft configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ttf-staypuft

Remove ttf-staypuft configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ttf-staypuft configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ttf-staypuft

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttf-staypuft package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.