Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-smc-meera
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-smc-meera
fonts-smc-meera is:
This package provides Meera font for Malayalam script
which is primarily used in the state of Kerala. The font is
developed by SMC community.
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There are three methods to install fonts-smc-meera
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-smc-meera 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-smc-meera
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-smc-meera
Install fonts-smc-meera Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-smc-meera
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-smc-meera
Install fonts-smc-meera 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-smc-meera
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-smc-meera
How To Uninstall fonts-smc-meera on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-smc-meera
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-smc-meera
Uninstall fonts-smc-meera And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-smc-meera
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-smc-meera
Remove fonts-smc-meera Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-smc-meera
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-smc-meera
Remove fonts-smc-meera configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-smc-meera
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-smc-meera
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-smc-meera
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.