How to Install and Uninstall fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208" package

This is a short guide on how to install fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208
Architecture: all
Version: 1:00103-7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/fonts
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 15413
Provides: fonts-japanese-gothic, fonts-japanese-mincho
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~)
Suggests: fonts-ipafont
Breaks: ttf-ipafont-jisx0208 (<< 00103-17)
Replaces: ttf-ipafont-jisx0208 (<< 00103-17)
Filename: pool/multiverse/f/fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208/fonts-ipafont-nonfree-jisx0208_00103-7_all.deb
Size: 2936104
MD5sum: c4f254f519183256b13483f60ccc1039
SHA1: c900caef5c3211d18c0f12d7271dca25e87f3011
SHA256: 2647192332da5c626894dcc283f0cd205413ed231f260200d0d00697f399def3
SHA512: 95b7d716e6ccdec158e39eec5c54056cfff43540b0ea12d1009b1cb9cec48333996264dd33c69f45c5d1c30593f258467d01f8aff6eaf1ad504df2fc1ddc936e
Homepage: https://www.ipa.go.jp/
Description-en: Japanese TrueType font, IPAfont (JISX0208)
IPAfont is Japanese TrueType font set that provided by Information-technology
Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA does NOT mean International Phonetic Alphabet).
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It consists of
* IPA Gothic
* IPA P Gothic
* IPA UI Gothic
* IPA Mincho
* IPA P Mincho
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It based on JISX0208 specifications. fonts-ipafont package is based on new
JISX0214, has different glyphs on some same characters. So this package
contains glyphs that have compatibility with old specifications, such as MS
Gothic or Mincho fonts or so. That is important thing for business documents.
Description-md5: ba5156a4eedcaa21954313a673af76b4