How To Install urw-base35-fonts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts on CentOS 7. urw-base35-fonts is Core Font Set containing 35 freely distributable fonts from

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.