Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
fonts-ipaexfont-mincho is:
IPAex Fonts are JIS X 0213:2004 compliant OpenType fonts based on TrueType
outlines provided by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
(IPA) from 2010. These are suitable for both display and printing.
These new fonts are developed from IPA Fonts to provide the best balance
for the Japanese documentation mixed with Western characters by following
Japanese printing tradition. Japanese characters (Kanji, Kana and
punctuation marks) are full width mono-space pitch, and Western characters
are proportional pitch.
This package provides IPAex Mincho Font in the Mincho (serif) style.
There are three methods to install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho 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-ipaexfont-mincho 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-ipaexfont-mincho using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
Install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
Install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho 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-ipaexfont-mincho using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
How To Uninstall fonts-ipaexfont-mincho on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fonts-ipaexfont-mincho package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
Uninstall fonts-ipaexfont-mincho And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-ipaexfont-mincho and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
Remove fonts-ipaexfont-mincho Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-ipaexfont-mincho configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
Remove fonts-ipaexfont-mincho configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-ipaexfont-mincho configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-ipaexfont-mincho
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-ipaexfont-mincho package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
