How To Install fonts-indic on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-indic on Debian 9.
What is fonts-indic
fonts-indic is:
This metapackage merely depends on the various free Indian language font packages available in Debian. Use this if you want fonts for every Indian language.
The following metapackages will be pulled down as dependency which will inturn pull down real font packages.
- fonts-beng
- fonts-deva
- fonts-gujr
- fonts-guru
- fonts-knda
- fonts-mlym
- fonts-orya
- fonts-pagu
- fonts-taml
- fonts-telu
There are three methods to install fonts-indic 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-indic 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-indic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-indic
Install fonts-indic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-indic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-indic
Install fonts-indic 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-indic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-indic
How To Uninstall fonts-indic on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fonts-indic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-indic
Uninstall fonts-indic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-indic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-indic
Remove fonts-indic Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-indic configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-indic
Remove fonts-indic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-indic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-indic
Dependencies
fonts-indic have the following dependencies:
- fonts-beng
- fonts-deva
- fonts-gujr
- fonts-guru
- fonts-knda
- fonts-mlym
- fonts-orya
- fonts-pagul
- fonts-taml
- fonts-telu
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-indic package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
