How to Install and Uninstall fonts-font-awesome Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 17,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fonts-font-awesome on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "fonts-font-awesome" package

This tutorial shows how to install fonts-font-awesome on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fonts-font-awesome" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fonts-font-awesome on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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3. Information about the fonts-font-awesome package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: fonts-font-awesome
Architecture: all
Version: 5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: fonts
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1369
Provides: node-font-awesome (= 4.7.0~5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1), sass-stylesheets-fonts-awesome
Enhances: libjs-twitter-bootstrap, node-less, sass
Filename: pool/main/f/fonts-font-awesome/fonts-font-awesome_5.0.10+really4.7.0~dfsg-4.1_all.deb
Size: 515616
MD5sum: 57605edafdca438506d2443b20896849
SHA1: 0eb6704574a0617142f53eab9d5155dcdcfa77e4
SHA256: 4821463b1ff075717b89477cb67edaa25a6533b71f0bcaf5e7bdbd80b011b53c
SHA512: 4bced8c5c6b08379e84a233567ee6f4e1259303f70200686fba8d451a87561f76080adacc67cf72700a9064b5f36eae290ca668907502da97fbfbc502895ca3a
Homepage: http://fontawesome.io/
Description: iconic font designed for use with Twitter Bootstrap
Description-md5: be6ec8d969faa653d467e6b751c9b8b3