How To Install fonts-gfs-porson on Debian 10

Learn how to install fonts-gfs-porson on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fonts-gfs-porson is Greek font (Porson revival)

Introduction

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

What is fonts-gfs-porson

fonts-gfs-porson is:

In England, during the 1790’s, Cambridge University Press decided to procure a new set of Greek types. The university??s great scholar of Classics, Richard Porson was asked to produce a typeface based on his handsome handwriting and Richard Austin was commissioned to cut the types. The type was completed in 1808, after the untimely death of Porson the previous year. Its success was immediate and since then the classical editions in Great Britain and the U.S.A. use it, almost invariably. In 1913, Monotype released the typeface with some corrections, notably replacing the upright capitals suggested by Porson with inclined ones. In Greece the typeface was used under the name Pelasgika type. GFS Porson is based on the Monotype version, though using upright capitals, as in the original.

There are three methods to install fonts-gfs-porson 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-porson 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-porson using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install fonts-gfs-porson Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-gfs-porson

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gfs-porson

How To Uninstall fonts-gfs-porson on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-gfs-porson

Uninstall fonts-gfs-porson And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove fonts-gfs-porson Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-gfs-porson have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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