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Install a nerd font on ubuntu

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1.) Download a Nerd Font

2.) Unzip and copy to ~/.fonts

3.) Run the command fc-cache -fv to manually rebuild the font cache

kodejeet commented Dec 29, 2025

worked for me if someone is on the new TLS ubuntu

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fonts
cd /tmp
wget https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/FiraCode.zip
unzip FiraCode.zip -d ~/.local/share/fonts
fc-cache -fv

nscarlson commented Mar 9, 2026

Don't bother with any of these crazy scripts. Instructions in original post is all you need.

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