How To Install stix-fonts.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install stix-fonts.noarch in Amazon Linux 2. stix-fonts.noarch is Scientific and engineering fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install stix-fonts.noarch on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `stix-fonts.noarch`

The mission of the Scientific and Technical Information Exchange (STIX) font creation project is the preparation of a comprehensive set of fonts that serve the scientific and engineering community in the process from manuscript creation through final publication, both in electronic and print formats. This package includes base Unicode fonts containing most glyphs for standard use in the usual four styles.

We can use yum to install stix-fonts.noarch on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install stix-fonts.noarch.

Install stix-fonts.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install stix-fonts.noarch using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install stix-fonts.noarch

How To Uninstall stix-fonts.noarch on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the stix-fonts.noarch package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove stix-fonts.noarch

stix-fonts.noarch Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/fonts/conf.d/61-stix.conf
/usr/share/doc/stix-fonts-1.1.0
/usr/share/doc/stix-fonts-1.1.0/STIX Font License 2010.pdf
/usr/share/doc/stix-fonts-1.1.0/STIXv1.1.0.pdf
/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/61-stix.conf
/usr/share/fonts/stix
/usr/share/fonts/stix/STIX-Bold.otf
/usr/share/fonts/stix/STIX-BoldItalic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/stix/STIX-Italic.otf
/usr/share/fonts/stix/STIX-Regular.otf

References

stix-fonts.noarch website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install stix-fonts.noarch on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.