How to install Asian Fonts on Ubuntu Leave feedback
This page describes the installation of the Asian Fonts on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS using the apt-get utility. On the previous versions of Ubuntu, the process is quite the same.
To install Asian Fonts on Ubuntu, follow these steps:
Browse to packages.ubuntu.com.
At packages.ubuntu.com/focal/translations/, search for the Japanese language support packages. Find all entries starting with “language-pack-” and containing “Japanese” as follows:
Install the language-pack-ja package. The language-pack-ja-base package is installed automatically as first one depends on it.
Run Ubuntu in a Docker container:
- Execute the following command to update the packages list with updates and new packages:
apt-get update
- Excecute the following command to install the Japanese language support:
apt-get install -y language-pack-ja
- Wait for the message “Generation complete.”
To install other Asian languages, use the following commands:
apt-get install -y language-pack-zh*
apt-get install -y language-pack-ko
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