How To Install fonts-gfs-neohellenic on Debian 10

Learn how to install fonts-gfs-neohellenic on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fonts-gfs-neohellenic is modern Greek font family with matching Latin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-neohellenic on Debian 10.

What is fonts-gfs-neohellenic

fonts-gfs-neohellenic is:

Neohellenic is a Greek font family characterized by round, even pen strokes. It consists of several weights (normal, italic, bold, and bold italic) as well as a Latin version.

Former Greek types had harked back to classical models. In 1927, Victor Scholderer chose instead to revive one which had first appeared in a 1492 printing of Macrobius attributed to Joannes Rubeus. In 1993-4 the typeface was digitized by the Greek Font Society, with the addition of a new set of epigraphic symbols.

There are three methods to install fonts-gfs-neohellenic on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fonts-gfs-neohellenic Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-neohellenic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-gfs-neohellenic

Install fonts-gfs-neohellenic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-neohellenic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-gfs-neohellenic

Install fonts-gfs-neohellenic 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 fonts-gfs-neohellenic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gfs-neohellenic

How To Uninstall fonts-gfs-neohellenic on Debian 10

To uninstall only the fonts-gfs-neohellenic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-gfs-neohellenic

Uninstall fonts-gfs-neohellenic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-gfs-neohellenic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-gfs-neohellenic

Remove fonts-gfs-neohellenic Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-gfs-neohellenic configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-gfs-neohellenic

Remove fonts-gfs-neohellenic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-gfs-neohellenic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-gfs-neohellenic

Dependencies

fonts-gfs-neohellenic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-neohellenic package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.