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

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "fonts-hosny-amiri" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fonts-hosny-amiri on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall fonts-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 fonts-hosny-amiri package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fonts-hosny-amiri
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Installed-Size: 2567
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Version: 0.107-1
Replaces: font-hosny-amiri (<< 0.009)
Provides: font-hosny-amiri
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-hosny-amiri/fonts-hosny-amiri_0.107-1_all.deb
Size: 750274
MD5sum: ca20a09ca2f0eda9103305aeb8c2ddfd
SHA1: 71d2d66d5a7422508876c782e3911f2718d258b9
SHA256: 8514676226f74ecf63741d3682754706159b0cbc0b19af3681015631cc7f4906
Description-en: Arabic Naskh style typographically oriented font
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.
Description-md5: 338cc5635f99c3f7bcdeb000019718cd
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://www.amirifont.org
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu