Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-urw-base35 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is fonts-urw-base35
fonts-urw-base35 is:
A commercial-quality set of PostScript Type 1 fonts, metric-compatible
with the 35 PostScript Language Level 2 Base Fonts. This package contains
outlines in .t1 format and metrics in .afm format of the following fonts:
C059
D050000L
Nimbus Mono PS
Nimbus Roman
Nimbus Sans
Nimbus Sans Narrow
P052
Standard Symbols PS
URW Bookman
URW Gothic
Z003
Extensive remakes of these fonts in the OpenType format are available in the
GUST TeX Gyre collection in the fonts-texgyre package. The Cyrillic glyphs
added to the now obsolete urwcyr fork of these fonts have been merged into
the GNU FreeFont collection available in the fonts-freefont-otf or
fonts-freefont-ttf packages.
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There are three methods to install fonts-urw-base35 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-urw-base35 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-urw-base35 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-urw-base35
Install fonts-urw-base35 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-urw-base35 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-urw-base35
Install fonts-urw-base35 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-urw-base35 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-urw-base35
How To Uninstall fonts-urw-base35 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the fonts-urw-base35 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-urw-base35
Uninstall fonts-urw-base35 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-urw-base35 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-urw-base35
Remove fonts-urw-base35 Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-urw-base35 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-urw-base35
Remove fonts-urw-base35 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-urw-base35 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-urw-base35
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-urw-base35 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
