How To Install zvbi-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install zvbi-fonts on Rocky Linux 8.

What is zvbi-fonts

Fonts from zvbi converted for use with X11

We can use yum or dnf to install zvbi-fonts on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install zvbi-fonts.

Install zvbi-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install zvbi-fonts using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install zvbi-fonts

Install zvbi-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install zvbi-fonts using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install zvbi-fonts

How To Uninstall zvbi-fonts on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the zvbi-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove zvbi-fonts

zvbi-fonts Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/X11/fontpath.d/zvbi
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/caption.pcf.gz
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/captioni.pcf.gz
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/fonts.alias
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/fonts.cache-1
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/fonts.dir
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/teletext1.pcf.gz
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/teletext1i.pcf.gz
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/teletext2.pcf.gz
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/teletext2i.pcf.gz
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/teletext4.pcf.gz
/usr/share/fonts/zvbi/teletext4i.pcf.gz

References

• zvbi-fonts website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install zvbi-fonts on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.