How To Install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic on Debian 9.
What is fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
fonts-sil-andikanewbasic is:
Andika (“Write!” in Swahili) is a sans serif, Unicode-compliant font designed especially for literacy use, taking into account the needs of beginning readers. The focus is on clear, easy-to-perceive letterforms that will not be easily confused with one another.
A sans serif font is preferred by some literacy personnel for teaching people to read. Its forms are simpler and less cluttered than some serif fonts can be. For years, literacy workers have had to make do with fonts that were available but not really suitable for beginning readers and writers. In some cases, literacy specialists have had to tediously cobble together letters from a variety of fonts in order to get the all of characters they need for their particular language project, resulting in confusing and unattractive publications. Andika addresses those issues.
Andika New Basic is a limited-character-set (no extended IPA or Cyrillic) version of Andika that includes regular, bold, italic and bold-italic faces. Andika New Basic gives a preview of what a whole range of new weights will eventually look like.
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic 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-sil-andikanewbasic 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-sil-andikanewbasic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
Install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
Install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic 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-sil-andikanewbasic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-andikanewbasic on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-andikanewbasic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
Uninstall fonts-sil-andikanewbasic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-andikanewbasic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
Remove fonts-sil-andikanewbasic Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-andikanewbasic configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
Remove fonts-sil-andikanewbasic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-andikanewbasic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-andikanewbasic
Dependencies
fonts-sil-andikanewbasic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-andikanewbasic package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
