How To Install gnome-font-viewer on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-font-viewer on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-font-viewer
gnome-font-viewer is:
This program can preview fonts and create thumbnails for fonts. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install gnome-font-viewer 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 gnome-font-viewer Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-font-viewer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-font-viewer
Install gnome-font-viewer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-font-viewer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-font-viewer
Install gnome-font-viewer 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 gnome-font-viewer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-font-viewer
How To Uninstall gnome-font-viewer on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-font-viewer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-font-viewer
Uninstall gnome-font-viewer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-font-viewer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-font-viewer
Remove gnome-font-viewer Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-font-viewer configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-font-viewer
Remove gnome-font-viewer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-font-viewer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-font-viewer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-font-viewer package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
