How To Install fonts-deva on Ubuntu 22.04

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In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-deva on Ubuntu 22.04. fonts-deva is Meta package to install all Devanagari fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-deva on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is fonts-deva

fonts-deva is:

This package allows you to install all available Devanagari fonts
in Debian.

This package installs following fonts:

  • fonts-deva-extra
  • fonts-gargi
  • fonts-lohit-deva
  • fonts-nakula
  • fonts-sahadeva
  • fonts-samyak-deva

There are three methods to install fonts-deva on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-deva 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-deva using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-deva

Install fonts-deva Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-deva using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-deva

Install fonts-deva 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-deva using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-deva

How To Uninstall fonts-deva on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the fonts-deva package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-deva

Uninstall fonts-deva And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-deva and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-deva

Remove fonts-deva Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-deva configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-deva

Remove fonts-deva configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-deva configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-deva

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-deva package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

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