How to Install and Uninstall gnu-free-fonts-common.noarch Package on Amazon Linux 2

Last updated: March 13,2025

1. Install "gnu-free-fonts-common.noarch" package

This is a short guide on how to install gnu-free-fonts-common.noarch on Amazon Linux 2


    
        
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                sudo yum install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "gnu-free-fonts-common.noarch" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall gnu-free-fonts-common.noarch on Amazon Linux 2:


    
        
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                sudo yum remove 
            
                        
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                sudo yum autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gnu-free-fonts-common.noarch package on Amazon Linux 2

Loaded plugins: ovl, priorities
Available Packages
Name : gnu-free-fonts-common
Arch : noarch
Version : 20120503
Release : 8.amzn2
Size : 127 k
Repo : amzn2-core/2/x86_64
Summary : Common files for freefont (documentation?)
URL : http://www.gnu.org/software/freefont/
License : GPLv3+ with exceptions
Description :
: Gnu FreeFont is a free family of scalable outline fonts, suitable
: for general use on computers and for desktop publishing. It is
: Unicode-encoded for compatibility with all modern operating
: systems.
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: Besides a full set of characters for writing systems based on the
: Latin alphabet, FreeFont contains large selection of characters
: from other writing systems some of which are hard to find
: elsewhere.
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: FreeFont also contains a large set of symbol characters, both
: technical and decorative. We are especially pleased with the
: Mathematical Operators range, with which most of the glyphs used
: in LaTeX can be displayed.
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: This package consists of files used by other gnu-free-fonts
: packages.