How To Install fonts-liberation on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-liberation on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-liberation
fonts-liberation is:
A set of serif, sans-serif and monospaced fonts from Red Hat with exactly the same metrics as the (non-free) Microsoft Times, Arial and Courier fonts, which implies those fonts can serve as a drop-in replacement. The font family is named Liberation. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install fonts-liberation 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-liberation 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-liberation using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-liberation
Install fonts-liberation Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-liberation using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-liberation
Install fonts-liberation 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-liberation using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-liberation
How To Uninstall fonts-liberation on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-liberation package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-liberation
Uninstall fonts-liberation And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-liberation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-liberation
Remove fonts-liberation Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-liberation configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-liberation
Remove fonts-liberation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-liberation configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-liberation
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-liberation package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
