How To Install fonts-sil-lateef on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-lateef on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-sil-lateef
fonts-sil-lateef is:
Lateef is named after Shah Abdul Lateef Bhitai, the famous Sindhi mystic and poet. It is intended to be an appropriate style for use in Sindhi and other languages of the South Asian region.
This font provides a simplified rendering of Arabic script, using basic connecting glyphs but not including a wide variety of additional ligatures or contextual alternates (only the required lam-alef ligatures). This simplified style is often preferred for clarity, especially in non-Arabic languages, but may be considered unattractive in more traditional and literate communities.
This release supports virtually all of the Unicode 5.0 Arabic character repertoire (excluding the Arabic Presentation Forms blocks, which are not recommended for normal use). Font smarts are implemented using OpenType technology.
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-lateef 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-sil-lateef 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-sil-lateef using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-lateef
Install fonts-sil-lateef Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-lateef using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-lateef
Install fonts-sil-lateef 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-sil-lateef using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-lateef
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-lateef on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-lateef package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-lateef
Uninstall fonts-sil-lateef And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-lateef and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-lateef
Remove fonts-sil-lateef Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-lateef configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-lateef
Remove fonts-sil-lateef configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-lateef configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-lateef
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-lateef package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
