How To Install cm-super-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cm-super-x11
cm-super-x11 is:
This package makes the cm-super fonts available to X11. This package does not contain any fonts itself but allows one to reuse the cm-super fonts as X11 screen fonts.
There are three methods to install cm-super-x11 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 cm-super-x11 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-x11 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cm-super-x11
Install cm-super-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-x11 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cm-super-x11
Install cm-super-x11 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 cm-super-x11 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cm-super-x11
How To Uninstall cm-super-x11 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cm-super-x11 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cm-super-x11
Uninstall cm-super-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cm-super-x11 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cm-super-x11
Remove cm-super-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove cm-super-x11 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cm-super-x11
Remove cm-super-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cm-super-x11 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cm-super-x11
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-x11 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
