How To Install fonts-mona on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-mona on Debian 9. fonts-mona is Japanese TrueType font for 2ch ASCII art

Introduction

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

What is fonts-mona

fonts-mona is:

These fonts are suitable for some ASCII arts like mona, gikoneko and so on. This package provides TrueType font.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-mona

Install fonts-mona Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-mona

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-mona

How To Uninstall fonts-mona on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-mona

Uninstall fonts-mona And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-mona

Remove fonts-mona Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-mona

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-mona have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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