How To Install fonts-karla on Debian 10

Learn how to install fonts-karla on Debian 10 with this tutorial. fonts-karla is Grotesque Sans Serif Latin typeface

Introduction

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

What is fonts-karla

fonts-karla is:

Karla is a grotesque sans serif typeface family that supports languages that use the Latin script and the Tamil script. This is the Latin script part of the family, with Roman and Italic styles in two weights, Regular and Bold.

This font is part of the Google Free Font Family.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-karla

Install fonts-karla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-karla

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-karla

How To Uninstall fonts-karla on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-karla

Uninstall fonts-karla And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-karla

Remove fonts-karla Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-karla

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-karla have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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