How To Install fonts-gujr on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gujr on Debian 9. fonts-gujr is Meta package to install all Gujarati fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gujr on Debian 9.

What is fonts-gujr

fonts-gujr is:

This package allows you to install all available Gujarati fonts in Debian.

This package installs following fonts

  • fonts-lohit-gujr
  • fonts-samyak-gujr
  • fonts-gujr-extra
  • fonts-kalapi

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-gujr

Install fonts-gujr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-gujr

Install fonts-gujr 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-gujr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gujr

How To Uninstall fonts-gujr on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-gujr

Uninstall fonts-gujr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-gujr

Remove fonts-gujr Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-gujr configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-gujr

Remove fonts-gujr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-gujr

Dependencies

fonts-gujr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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