Install a nerd font on ubuntu

instructions.md

1.) Download a Nerd Font

2.) Unzip and copy to ~/.fonts

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

Hi guys, after testing several linux distros and having to configure and customize my terminal and shell every time, I decided to create this script that downloads directly from the Nerd Fonts repository, use it as you like and if you want to contribute something, feel free.

The documentation on how to use the script is in the readme:
https://github.com/mcarvalho1/Nerd-fonts-Downloader-Script

Thanks @mcarvalho1!

@donovan @Sephyros thanks both

Thanks @mcarvalho1 !

Hi guys, after testing several linux distros and having to configure and customize my terminal and shell every time, I decided to create this script that downloads directly from the Nerd Fonts repository, use it as you like and if you want to contribute something, feel free.

The documentation on how to use the script is in the readme: https://github.com/mcarvalho1/Nerd-fonts-Downloader-Script

This is beautiful.

I made a small, but useful to me, change to @donovan code. I added code to look up the latest version of nerd fonts and download those.

#!/bin/bash

declare -a fonts=(
BitstreamVeraSansMono
CascadiaCode
CodeNewRoman
DroidSansMono
FiraCode
FiraMono
Go-Mono
Hack
Hermit
JetBrainsMono
Meslo
Noto
Overpass
ProggyClean
RobotoMono
SourceCodePro
SpaceMono
Ubuntu
UbuntuMono
)

version=$(curl -s 'https://api.github.com/repos/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest' | jq -r '.name')
fonts_dir="${HOME}/.local/share/fonts"

if [[ ! -d "$fonts_dir" ]]; then
mkdir -p "$fonts_dir"
fi

for font in "${fonts[@]}"; do
zip_file="${font}.zip"
download_url="https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/download/${version}/${zip_file}"
echo "Downloading $download_url"
wget "$download_url"
unzip "$zip_file" -d "$fonts_dir"
rm "$zip_file"
done

find "$fonts_dir" -name 'Windows Compatible' -delete

fc-cache -fv

had to move the font in /usr/share/fonts

Another variant, which installs fonts passed on args (allows to install new fonts without modifying the script) and download directly the latest version:

#!/bin/bash
set -euo pipefail

fonts_dir="$HOME/.local/share/fonts"

if [[ ! -d "$fonts_dir" ]]; then
    mkdir -p "$fonts_dir"
fi

for font in "$@"; do
    zip_file="$font.zip"
    download_url="https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest/download/$zip_file"
    echo "Downloading $download_url"
    wget -O "/tmp/$zip_file" "$download_url"
    unzip "/tmp/$zip_file" -d "/tmp/$font/"
    mv /tmp/$font/*.ttf $fonts_dir
    rm "/tmp/$zip_file"
    rm "/tmp/$font/" -rf
done

fc-cache -fv

Check out Nerd Font Downloader (nfdl): https://github.com/rubiin/nfdl
It requires node(js) to run.
It presents a (fuzzy searchable) list of Nerd Fonts which you can choose from to download.
It tries to put the font in the right place for user fonts (per operating system).
On Linux and macOS it will even try to run fc-cache for you, after downloading.