How To Install xfonts-intl-phonetic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-intl-phonetic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xfonts-intl-phonetic
xfonts-intl-phonetic is:
This package includes some fonts of the International Phonetic Alphabet. You will need these fonts if you plan to view, print, or author documents using the International Phonetic Alphabet. IPA is used, for instance, in dictionaries to represent pronunciations in a non-language-specific way.
The fonts are for use with the X Window System.
There are three methods to install xfonts-intl-phonetic on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-intl-phonetic 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-intl-phonetic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-intl-phonetic
Install xfonts-intl-phonetic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-intl-phonetic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-intl-phonetic
Install xfonts-intl-phonetic 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-intl-phonetic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-intl-phonetic
How To Uninstall xfonts-intl-phonetic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xfonts-intl-phonetic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-intl-phonetic
Uninstall xfonts-intl-phonetic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-intl-phonetic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-intl-phonetic
Remove xfonts-intl-phonetic Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-intl-phonetic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-intl-phonetic
Remove xfonts-intl-phonetic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-intl-phonetic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-intl-phonetic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-intl-phonetic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
