How To Install urw-base35-p052-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-p052-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. urw-base35-p052-fonts is P052 font family [part of Level 2 Core Font Set]

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-p052-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `urw-base35-p052-fonts`

This package contains P052 font family, which is part of Level 2 Core Font Set. 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.

We can use yum or dnf to install urw-base35-p052-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install urw-base35-p052-fonts.

Install urw-base35-p052-fonts 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-p052-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install urw-base35-p052-fonts

Install urw-base35-p052-fonts 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-p052-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install urw-base35-p052-fonts

How To Uninstall urw-base35-p052-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the urw-base35-p052-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove urw-base35-p052-fonts

urw-base35-p052-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/fonts/conf.d/61-urw-p052.conf
/usr/share/appdata/de.urwpp.P052.metainfo.xml
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/61-urw-p052.conf
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Bold.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Bold.otf
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Bold.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-BoldItalic.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-BoldItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-BoldItalic.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Italic.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Italic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Italic.t1
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Roman.afm
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Roman.otf
/usr/share/fonts/urw-base35/P052-Roman.t1

References

urw-base35-p052-fonts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install urw-base35-p052-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.