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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "fonts-ipafont" package

This guide let you learn how to install fonts-ipafont on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fonts-ipafont 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-ipafont package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fonts-ipafont
Priority: optional
Section: universe/fonts
Installed-Size: 50
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Version: 00303-13ubuntu1
Replaces: otf-ipafont (<< 00303-1)
Depends: fonts-ipafont-gothic, fonts-ipafont-mincho
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.6~)
Breaks: otf-ipafont (<< 00303-1), ttf-ipafont (<= 00203-13)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fonts-ipafont/fonts-ipafont_00303-13ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 8942
MD5sum: e465b13ad5713bac9a21da7ebedec58a
SHA1: 1101dc41e8b7a32a017a46320fc5a1e3e760a764
SHA256: f5ed04f10144ab1754c2710b43ce5964bce91531839a9e2a3039399f10343f62
Description-en: Japanese OpenType font set, IPAfont
IPAfont is a Japanese OpenType, a scalable font which was developed to
supersede both the TrueType and the Type 1 ("PostScript") font formats,
font set that is provided by Information-technology Promotion Agency,
Japan (IPA).
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IPAfont is an outline font set suitable for both display and printing.
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This is metapackage that depends on gothic and mincho font packages.
Description-md5: 5255506e654ece34ecbb06d5696692d7
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://ossipedia.ipa.go.jp/ipafont/index.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu