How To Install xfonts-encodings on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-encodings on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xfonts-encodings
xfonts-encodings is:
This package contains the encodings that map to specific characters. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install xfonts-encodings on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install xfonts-encodings Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-encodings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-encodings
Install xfonts-encodings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-encodings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-encodings
Install xfonts-encodings Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-encodings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-encodings
How To Uninstall xfonts-encodings on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xfonts-encodings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-encodings
Uninstall xfonts-encodings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-encodings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-encodings
Remove xfonts-encodings Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-encodings configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-encodings
Remove xfonts-encodings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-encodings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-encodings
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-encodings package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.