How To Install xfonts-terminus-dos on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-terminus-dos
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xfonts-terminus-dos
xfonts-terminus-dos is:
These are nice fixed-width fonts in various DOS encodings. They are mostly suitable for use in Dosemu, but can be used also in terminals, editors, etc.
This package supports the following code-pages: CP437, CP850, CP852, CP855, CP860, CP863, CP865, CP866, MIK and RUSCII.
There are three methods to install xfonts-terminus-dos
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-terminus-dos 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-terminus-dos
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-terminus-dos
Install xfonts-terminus-dos Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-terminus-dos
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-terminus-dos
Install xfonts-terminus-dos 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-terminus-dos
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-terminus-dos
How To Uninstall xfonts-terminus-dos on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xfonts-terminus-dos
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-terminus-dos
Uninstall xfonts-terminus-dos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-terminus-dos
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-terminus-dos
Remove xfonts-terminus-dos Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-terminus-dos
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-terminus-dos
Remove xfonts-terminus-dos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-terminus-dos
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-terminus-dos
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-terminus-dos
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.