How To Install urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8. urw-base35-fonts-devel is RPM macros related to (URW)++ Level 2 Core Font Set

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8.

What is urw-base35-fonts-devel

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 package is useful for Fedora development purposes only. It installs RPM macros useful for building packages against urw-base35-fonts, as well as all the fonts contained in this font set.

We can use yum or dnf to install urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install urw-base35-fonts-devel.

Install urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install urw-base35-fonts-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install urw-base35-fonts-devel

Install urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install urw-base35-fonts-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install urw-base35-fonts-devel

How To Uninstall urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the urw-base35-fonts-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove urw-base35-fonts-devel

urw-base35-fonts-devel Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/rpm/macros.d/macros.urw-base35-fonts

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts-devel on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.