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

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "mathematica-fonts" package

Please follow the guidance below to install mathematica-fonts on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mathematica-fonts
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mathematica-fonts" package

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


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

Package: mathematica-fonts
Priority: extra
Section: multiverse/fonts
Installed-Size: 119
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Atsuhito KOHDA
Architecture: all
Version: 17
Replaces: ttf-mathematica4.1 (<< 9)
Provides: ttf-mathematica4.1
Depends: unzip
Pre-Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Conflicts: ttf-mathematica4.1 (<< 9)
Filename: pool/multiverse/m/mathematica-fonts/mathematica-fonts_17_all.deb
Size: 27952
MD5sum: 584eba6a70c7449877facc1ef0db100b
SHA1: 822700448c52ec3c7d66cc8a134032a6e73c862a
SHA256: 6aca4ba8857d880fc5bc802d7405871fd831b22df749d62e8bfc1d61f8226287
Description-en: installer for Mathematica fonts
This package downloads Mathematica fonts from http://support.wolfram.com/
and installs them, because the license prohibits their distribution.
Please note that it may fail if the web site no longer offers them for
download.
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This package will currently only install AFM, TTF, and Type1 fonts.
Description-md5: 3473fc09bdf3312b7a64808648f85588
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu