Install fonts-liberation on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation
Learn how to install fonts-liberation with the command sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of fonts-liberation:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: fonts-liberation
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation
Package Details | |
Package: | fonts-liberation |
Version: | 1.07.0-2ubuntu0.1 |
Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
Home page: | https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ |
Description: | Fonts with the same metrics as Times, Arial and Courier 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. Homepage: https://fedorahosted.org/liberation-fonts/ |
Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
Release: | |
Repo/Section: | fonts |
How to install fonts-liberation on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If fonts-liberation is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L fonts-liberation' will give followin error.
Installing fonts-liberation:
After system update use the following command to install fonts-liberation:
sudo apt-get install fonts-liberation
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove fonts-liberation from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the fonts-liberation from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the fonts-liberation following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-liberation
Following command is used to remove the fonts-liberation package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove fonts-liberation
This will remove fonts-liberation and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing fonts-liberation with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge fonts-liberation
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove fonts-liberation
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with fonts-liberation package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.