How To Install fonts-karla on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-karla on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-karla
fonts-karla is:
Karla is a grotesque sans serif typeface family that supports languages that use the Latin script and the Tamil script. This is the Latin script part of the family, with Roman and Italic styles in two weights, Regular and Bold.
This font is part of the Google Free Font Family.
There are three methods to install fonts-karla 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 fonts-karla Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-karla using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-karla
Install fonts-karla Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-karla using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-karla
Install fonts-karla 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 fonts-karla using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-karla
How To Uninstall fonts-karla on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-karla package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-karla
Uninstall fonts-karla And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-karla and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-karla
Remove fonts-karla Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-karla configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-karla
Remove fonts-karla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-karla configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-karla
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-karla package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
