How To Install hershey-font-gnuplot on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hershey-font-gnuplot on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hershey-font-gnuplot
hershey-font-gnuplot is:
The Hershey fonts are a collection of vector fonts developed circa 1967 by Dr. A. V. Hershey.
hershey-font-gnuplot renders Hershey vector font text in the form of a gnuplot input file.
There are three methods to install hershey-font-gnuplot 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 hershey-font-gnuplot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hershey-font-gnuplot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hershey-font-gnuplot
Install hershey-font-gnuplot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hershey-font-gnuplot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hershey-font-gnuplot
Install hershey-font-gnuplot 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 hershey-font-gnuplot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hershey-font-gnuplot
How To Uninstall hershey-font-gnuplot on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hershey-font-gnuplot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hershey-font-gnuplot
Uninstall hershey-font-gnuplot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hershey-font-gnuplot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hershey-font-gnuplot
Remove hershey-font-gnuplot Configurations and Data
To remove hershey-font-gnuplot configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hershey-font-gnuplot
Remove hershey-font-gnuplot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hershey-font-gnuplot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hershey-font-gnuplot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hershey-font-gnuplot package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
