How to Install and Uninstall font-hosny-amiri Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "font-hosny-amiri" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install font-hosny-amiri on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                font-hosny-amiri
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "font-hosny-amiri" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall font-hosny-amiri on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 font-hosny-amiri package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: font-hosny-amiri
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 31
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Source: fonts-hosny-amiri
Version: 0.107-1
Depends: fonts-hosny-amiri
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-hosny-amiri/font-hosny-amiri_0.107-1_all.deb
Size: 3270
MD5sum: 0f498216c22ac0c1a20e787d684043d8
SHA1: 15cddae157c258a3310a8e0129d80fadccbdc61b
SHA256: 79da5494484a523aae44befcf9f00f882eea5868f1a995492ad97abbed6c5850
Description-en: Arabic Naskh style typographically oriented font (transitional package)
Amiri is a classical Arabic typeface in Naskh style for typesetting
books and other running text.
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Its design is a revival of the beautiful typeface pioneered in early
20th century by Bulaq Press in Cairo, also known as Amiria Press, after
which the font is named.
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Amiri font covers the full Unicode 6.0 Arabic and Arabic Supplement
blocks, as well as the compatibility Arabic Presentation Forms-A and B
blocks.
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This is a dummy transitional package that will ensure a proper upgrade path.
This package may be safely removed after upgrading.
Description-md5: c9f4b1d0198ef0dc6db4eff08584a367
Homepage: http://www.amirifont.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu