Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ocr-a
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-ocr-a
fonts-ocr-a is:
This font was developed by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
to be readable by the computers of the 1960s. The OCR-A font is still used
commercially in payment advice forms so that a lockbox company can determine
the account number and amount owed on a bill when processing a payment.
A site license for the OCR-A font is very expensive, so this free font was
created.
Task: ubuntustudio-fonts
There are three methods to install fonts-ocr-a
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-ocr-a 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-ocr-a
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-ocr-a
Install fonts-ocr-a Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-ocr-a
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-ocr-a
Install fonts-ocr-a 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-ocr-a
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-ocr-a
How To Uninstall fonts-ocr-a on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-ocr-a
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-ocr-a
Uninstall fonts-ocr-a And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-ocr-a
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-ocr-a
Remove fonts-ocr-a Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-ocr-a
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-ocr-a
Remove fonts-ocr-a configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-ocr-a
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-ocr-a
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ocr-a
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.