How To Install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
xfonts-efont-unicode-ib is:
/efont/ is an X BDF font package for 10, 12, 14, 16, and 24 pixels which are encoded in Unicode. Though they are still under development, they contain various scripts including Latin, IPA, Greek, Cyrillic, Armenian, Hebrew, Devanagari, Thai, Lao, Georgian, Runic, Hiragana, Katakana, Hangul Syllables, and part of Arabic, Bopomofo, CJK Ideogram, and various symbols.
This package contains italic, bold, and italic-bold fonts. You may want to install xfonts-efont-unicode package for non-itallic medium fonts. Task: lubuntu-desktop
There are three methods to install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib 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 xfonts-efont-unicode-ib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
Install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
Install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib 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 xfonts-efont-unicode-ib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
How To Uninstall xfonts-efont-unicode-ib on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the xfonts-efont-unicode-ib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
Uninstall xfonts-efont-unicode-ib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-efont-unicode-ib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
Remove xfonts-efont-unicode-ib Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-efont-unicode-ib configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
Remove xfonts-efont-unicode-ib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-efont-unicode-ib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-efont-unicode-ib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-efont-unicode-ib package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
