How To Install urw-base35-fonts on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts on CentOS 7.
What is urw-base35-fonts
The Level 2 Core Font Set is a PostScript specification of 35 base fonts that can be used with any PostScript file. In Fedora, these fonts are provided freely by (URW)++ company, and are mainly utilized by applications using Ghostscript. This meta-package will install all the 35 fonts from the urw-base35-fonts.
We can use yum or dnf to install urw-base35-fonts on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install urw-base35-fonts.
Install urw-base35-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 urw-base35-fonts using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install urw-base35-fonts
Install urw-base35-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 urw-base35-fonts using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install urw-base35-fonts
How To Uninstall urw-base35-fonts on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the urw-base35-fonts package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove urw-base35-fonts
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.