Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-mono on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fonts-noto-mono
fonts-noto-mono is:
Noto is a collection of font families,
each visually harmonized across scripts.
This package contains Noto Mono font family
(formerly known as Droid Mono),
and core weights for the Noto Sans Mono font family.
Beware that Noto Mono has a much smaller repertoire
than Noto Sans or Noto Serif.
The name “Noto†is short for “No Tofuâ€,
describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts.
Tofu (豆è…) is Japanese jargon
for unicode replacement character “�†(U+FFFD)
often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters.
There are three methods to install fonts-noto-mono 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-noto-mono 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-noto-mono using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-noto-mono
Install fonts-noto-mono Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-noto-mono using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-noto-mono
Install fonts-noto-mono 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-noto-mono using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-noto-mono
How To Uninstall fonts-noto-mono on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fonts-noto-mono package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-noto-mono
Uninstall fonts-noto-mono And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-noto-mono and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-noto-mono
Remove fonts-noto-mono Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-noto-mono configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-noto-mono
Remove fonts-noto-mono configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-noto-mono configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-noto-mono
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-noto-mono package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
