How To Install cm-super-minimal on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-minimal on Debian 9. cm-super-minimal is TeX font package (minimal version) with CM/EC in Type1 in T1, T2*, TS1, X2 enc

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-minimal on Debian 9.

What is cm-super-minimal

cm-super-minimal is:

This package ships the 10pt version of the various fonts. For the full set please install cm-super.

The CM-Super package contains Type 1 fonts converted from METAFONT fonts and covers entire EC/TC, EC Concrete, EC Bright and LH fonts (Computer Modern font families). All European and Cyrillic writings are covered. Each Type 1 font program contains ALL glyphs from the following standard LaTeX font encodings: T1, TS1, T2A, T2B, T2C, X2, and also Adobe StandardEncoding (585 glyphs per non-SC font and 468 glyphs per SC font), and could be reencoded to any of these encodings using standard dvips or pdftex facilities (the corresponding support files are also included).

There are three methods to install cm-super-minimal on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cm-super-minimal Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cm-super-minimal

Install cm-super-minimal Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-minimal using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cm-super-minimal

Install cm-super-minimal Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cm-super-minimal

How To Uninstall cm-super-minimal on Debian 9

To uninstall only the cm-super-minimal package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cm-super-minimal

Uninstall cm-super-minimal And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cm-super-minimal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cm-super-minimal

Remove cm-super-minimal Configurations and Data

To remove cm-super-minimal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cm-super-minimal

Remove cm-super-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cm-super-minimal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cm-super-minimal

Dependencies

cm-super-minimal have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-minimal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.