How To Install xfonts-kaname on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-kaname
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xfonts-kaname
xfonts-kaname is:
This package includes Kaname Cho 12dot Japanese Kanji, ISO-8859-1 fonts for the X Window System. Its face has characteristic, and it is similar to Gothic. It provides 4 weigh: Medium, Bold, Italic and Bold-Italic. It also provides 2 spc: -p- and -c- for Japanese fonts.
There are three methods to install xfonts-kaname
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-kaname 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-kaname
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-kaname
Install xfonts-kaname Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-kaname
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-kaname
Install xfonts-kaname 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-kaname
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-kaname
How To Uninstall xfonts-kaname on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xfonts-kaname
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-kaname
Uninstall xfonts-kaname And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-kaname
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-kaname
Remove xfonts-kaname Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-kaname
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-kaname
Remove xfonts-kaname configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-kaname
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-kaname
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-kaname
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.