How To Install xfonts-shinonome on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-shinonome on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xfonts-shinonome
xfonts-shinonome is:
xfonts-shinonome includes various 12,14,16 dot Japanese Kanji, and ISO-8859-1 fonts for X11. It consists of k14goth 14 dot fonts, Shinonome 12 and 16 dot fonts. Shinonome 18 dot fonts are also included only for ISO-8859-1.
There are three methods to install xfonts-shinonome 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-shinonome 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-shinonome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-shinonome
Install xfonts-shinonome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-shinonome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-shinonome
Install xfonts-shinonome 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-shinonome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-shinonome
How To Uninstall xfonts-shinonome on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xfonts-shinonome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-shinonome
Uninstall xfonts-shinonome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-shinonome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-shinonome
Remove xfonts-shinonome Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-shinonome configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-shinonome
Remove xfonts-shinonome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-shinonome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-shinonome
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-shinonome package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
