How To Install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on CentOS 7.
What is xorg-x11-fonts-misc
This package contains misc bitmap Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Indic, and Arabic fonts for use with X Window System.
We can use yum or dnf to install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xorg-x11-fonts-misc.
Install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xorg-x11-fonts-misc using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install xorg-x11-fonts-misc
Install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install xorg-x11-fonts-misc using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-fonts-misc
How To Uninstall xorg-x11-fonts-misc on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the xorg-x11-fonts-misc package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-fonts-misc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xorg-x11-fonts-misc on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.