How to Install and Uninstall fonts-ipafont-gothic Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "fonts-ipafont-gothic" package

This tutorial shows how to install fonts-ipafont-gothic on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fonts-ipafont-gothic" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fonts-ipafont-gothic on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fonts-ipafont-gothic package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: fonts-ipafont-gothic
Architecture: all
Version: 00303-18ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Source: fonts-ipafont
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 12236
Provides: fonts-japanese-gothic
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~)
Recommends: fonts-ipafont-mincho
Breaks: otf-ipafont (<= 00301-4), otf-ipafont-gothic (<< 00303-1), ttf-ipafont (<= 00203-13)
Replaces: otf-ipafont-gothic (<< 00303-1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-ipafont/fonts-ipafont-gothic_00303-18ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 3525972
MD5sum: 87858d8151b43c66355807dce20ec591
SHA1: fb6b9c98a11183de129d06d01c81385b9c987f4b
SHA256: 02e914c8f86d261f4ace42b6494f2fc1fa8975dba762a5c1796c6807a1b1f2e4
SHA512: c6a1b1ba9440fbd9372ab7c5a05f10ded3e589247342915664def1eb11cbe685a51e89be129589745e1292885897ba0a3a1a904b836a1be323237acfc20d14db
Homepage: https://ipafont.ipa.go.jp/
Description-en: Japanese OpenType font set, IPA Gothic and IPA P Gothic Fonts
IPA Fonts are JIS X 0213:2004 compliant OpenType fonts based on TrueType
outlines provided by Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan
(IPA) from 2003. These are suitable for both display and printing.
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This package provides Gothic (san-serif) style fonts. IPA Gothic Font
is the equal-width font. IPA P Gothic Font is the propotional font.
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In the equal-width font, the fullwidth characters (most CJK characters)
occupy exactly twice as much width of the halfwidth characters (normal
alphabets and numbers).
Description-md5: 615e151565984b08c1a4de07499ee574