# Ubuntu Sans Nerd Font Installer A quick, automated bash script designed specifically for Ubuntu Desktop setups. This script fetches, downloads, and installs the absolute latest release of the **Ubuntu Sans Nerd Font** directly from the official Nerd Fonts repository. Perfect for developers looking to quickly configure a fresh Ubuntu installation with beautifully patched fonts for their terminal, IDE, or system UI. ## 🚀 Quick Install To install the latest Ubuntu Sans Nerd Font, simply copy and paste the following one-liner into your terminal: ```bash bash -c "$(curl -fsSL [https://opengist.rmrf.online/weehong/2de15ba0106a475fa41215159203a63b/raw/HEAD/install_font.sh](https://opengist.rmrf.online/weehong/2de15ba0106a475fa41215159203a63b/raw/HEAD/install_font.sh))" ``` ## ⚙️ What It Does Under the Hood Running curl-to-bash scripts requires trust. Here is exactly what this script automates: * **Dynamic Versioning:** Queries the GitHub API to always fetch the latest stable release of `UbuntuSans.zip`. * **Safe Extraction:** Creates a temporary directory (`/tmp/...`) to safely download and extract the archive without cluttering your system. * **Targeted Installation:** Installs only the relevant `.ttf` and `.otf` font files into your user-level font directory: `~/.local/share/fonts/UbuntuSans`. * **Zero `sudo` Required:** Installs locally for the current user, avoiding the need for root privileges. * **Instant Activation:** Automatically runs `fc-cache` to rebuild the system's font cache, making the fonts instantly accessible to your applications. * **Automatic Cleanup:** Deletes all temporary download and extraction folders once finished. ## 📋 Prerequisites Your system will need a couple of basic utilities to run the script. Most Ubuntu Desktops come with these pre-installed: * `curl` (to fetch the script and the font zip) * `unzip` (to extract the font archive) *Note: If `unzip` is missing from your system, the script will gracefully exit and remind you to run `sudo apt install unzip`.*

#!/bin/bash # Exit immediately if a command exits with a non-zero status set -e FONT_NAME="UbuntuSans" FONT_ZIP="${FONT_NAME}.zip" # Simplified directory: removed the "NerdFonts" subfolder FONT_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/fonts/${FONT_NAME}" TMP_DIR=$(mktemp -d) echo "Searching for the latest release of $FONT_NAME Nerd Font..." # Use GitHub API to find the latest release download URL for UbuntuSans.zip DOWNLOAD_URL=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases/latest \ | grep "browser_download_url.*${FONT_ZIP}" \ | cut -d '"' -f 4) if [ -z "$DOWNLOAD_URL" ]; then echo "Error: Could not find the download URL for $FONT_NAME. Check your internet connection or GitHub API limits." rm -rf "$TMP_DIR" exit 1 fi echo "Latest version found!" echo "Downloading from: $DOWNLOAD_URL" # Download the zip file to the temporary directory curl -L -q "$DOWNLOAD_URL" -o "$TMP_DIR/$FONT_ZIP" echo "Extracting fonts..." # Ensure unzip is installed (will fail gracefully if not) if ! command -v unzip &> /dev/null; then echo "Error: 'unzip' is not installed. Please install it using 'sudo apt install unzip' and try again." rm -rf "$TMP_DIR" exit 1 fi unzip -q -o "$TMP_DIR/$FONT_ZIP" -d "$TMP_DIR/extracted" echo "Installing fonts to $FONT_DIR..." # Create the simplified font directory if it doesn't exist mkdir -p "$FONT_DIR" # Move only the TrueType (.ttf) or OpenType (.otf) files to the fonts directory find "$TMP_DIR/extracted" -name '*.[ot]tf' -type f -exec cp {} "$FONT_DIR/" \; echo "Updating the system font cache..." fc-cache -f "$FONT_DIR" echo "Cleaning up temporary files..." rm -rf "$TMP_DIR" echo "Done! $FONT_NAME Nerd Font has been successfully installed."