How to Install and Uninstall gsfonts-x11 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "gsfonts-x11" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install gsfonts-x11 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                gsfonts-x11
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "gsfonts-x11" package

Learn how to uninstall gsfonts-x11 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                gsfonts-x11
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the gsfonts-x11 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: gsfonts-x11
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 96
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Roland Rosenfeld
Architecture: all
Version: 0.24
Depends: gsfonts (>= 6.0-2), xfonts-utils (>= 1:7.5+2)
Breaks: gsfonts (<< 6.0-2)
Filename: pool/universe/g/gsfonts-x11/gsfonts-x11_0.24_all.deb
Size: 7314
MD5sum: 878aa79f296428476b133df790a6c2fe
SHA1: be0ef95677df7a4773f91ac252ae7590c46ed035
SHA256: ba5d294d68ee940dd0cbfda1f2af45be2c793def7e7732ffa0b2065095a0e828
Description-en: Make Ghostscript fonts available to X11
This package makes the 35 PostScript fonts from the gsfonts package
available to your X server under their "urw" names and via
fonts.alias with the official "adobe" names, too.
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This package does not contain any fonts itself but allows one to
reuse the ghostscript fonts as X11 screen fonts.
Description-md5: 53613e7804e522f3d457854d1c7ffe7f
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome