How to Install and Uninstall ttf-xfree86-nonfree Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "ttf-xfree86-nonfree" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install ttf-xfree86-nonfree on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ttf-xfree86-nonfree" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ttf-xfree86-nonfree 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 ttf-xfree86-nonfree package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ttf-xfree86-nonfree
Priority: optional
Section: multiverse/x11
Installed-Size: 914
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Source: xfonts-scalable-nonfree
Version: 4.2.1-5
Depends: fontconfig
Suggests: xserver-xfree86 | xfs-xtt (>> 1:1.3.0.1-3) | xfs (>= 4.0.2-1)
Conflicts: xfonts-scalable-nonfree, xfonts-xfree86-nonfree
Filename: pool/multiverse/x/xfonts-scalable-nonfree/ttf-xfree86-nonfree_4.2.1-5_all.deb
Size: 282082
MD5sum: 9b00141ee20c365f0f9f8db6705d1503
SHA1: 6cdd36c4adf2193af1bdc04c2c594a7d17332ad5
SHA256: f9288aea4e71778bbad13649c42ca0565b08335b625795095a63772d29849e80
Description-en: non-free TrueType fonts from XFree86
Collection of TrueType fonts originally part of the
XFree86 distribution, but which are licensed under terms
incompatible with the Debian Free Software Guidelines, and thus cannot
be distributed as part of Debian.
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The fonts are:
- B&H Luxi Mono
- B&H Luxi Sans
- B&H Luxi Serif
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Read /usr/share/doc/ttf-xfree86-nonfree/README.Debian for instructions
on how to register these fonts with XFree86.
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Other non-free fonts are in the separate packages t1-xfree86-nonfree
and ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac.
Description-md5: e2fef8baf637b7f27dbe3abc060c6b84
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntustudio-fonts