# Install Fira Code Font for Ubuntu

**Published:** February 16, 2021
**Tags:** Github, Version Control


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This tutorial provides instructions for installing the Fira Code font in various versions of Ubuntu. This is my favorite font due to its various ligatures.

## Ubuntu 16.04

```shell
sudo apt-install git
cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode.git
sudo mv -i /tmp/FiraCode/distr/ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/fira-code
sudo fc-cache -fv
```

## Ubuntu 17.04, 18.04, 20.04 and later

```shell
sudo apt update && \
sudo apt install fonts-firacode
```

## More?

Installation for other systems: [https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Linux-instructions](https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/Linux-instructions)