How To Install urw-base35-fonts-legacy on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts-legacy on CentOS 7. urw-base35-fonts-legacy is Legacy version of (URW)++ Level 2 Core Font Set

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts-legacy on CentOS 7.

What is urw-base35-fonts-legacy

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 provides previous (legacy) versions of these fonts, which are still required by some of the software in Fedora, like e.g. xfig, X11, etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install urw-base35-fonts-legacy on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install urw-base35-fonts-legacy.

Install urw-base35-fonts-legacy 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-legacy using yum by running the following command:

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

Install urw-base35-fonts-legacy 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-legacy using dnf by running the following command:

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

How To Uninstall urw-base35-fonts-legacy on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove urw-base35-fonts-legacy

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-fonts-legacy on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.