How to install Font Manager on Ubuntu 16.04

To install Font Manager on Ubuntu 16.04

Font Manager is an open-source application for managing fonts via a simple and intuitive interface. It allows the users to easily install new fonts or remove some of the installed fonts. It also supports the option to export the collections and easily activate or deactivate a group of fonts. This tutorial explains the installation of Font Manager on Ubuntu 16.04.

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, add the following required repositories by executing the following command.

root@ubuntu:~# add-apt-repository ppa:font-manager/staging
 This PPA contains packages built from the latest revision.

http://fontmanager.github.io/
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~font-manager/+archive/ubuntu/staging
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpzis0tdpr/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpzis0tdpr/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key F9E284B7 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpzis0tdpr/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key F9E284B7: public key " Launchpad PPA for Font Manager Team"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

The repositories are added successfully in the system. Next update the repository by running the apt-get update command.

root@ubuntu:~# apt-get update
Get:1 http://ppa.launchpad.net/font-manager/staging/ubuntu xenial InRelease [24.4 kB]
Hit:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease                                     
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/ondrej/php/ubuntu xenial InRelease                              
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/font-manager/staging/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [1,272 B]
Get:5 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB]        
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Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [3,328 B]                                             
Get:27 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe amd64 DEP-11 Metadata [4,588 B]                                         
Fetched 4,325 kB in 31s (136 kB/s)                                                                                                           
Reading package lists... Done

The system has been updated with the repositories. Now install Font Manager application by executing the following apt-get install command as follows.

root@ubuntu:~# apt-get install font-manager
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  gnome-software-common libgtkspell3-3-0 libmcrypt4
Use ' sudo apt autoremove'  to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
  font-manager-common font-viewer
Suggested packages:

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Setting up font-viewer:amd64 (0.7.3~201706112301~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Setting up font-manager (0.7.3~201706112301~ubuntu16.04.1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

The application has been installed successfully. To run the application, type the name font manager in the Ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon.

The Font Manager application is open and running without any glitches.

The installation of Font Manager on Ubuntu 16.04 is done successfully.