How To Install libxfont1 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfont1 on Debian 9. libxfont1 is X11 font rasterisation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfont1 on Debian 9.

What is libxfont1

libxfont1 is:

libXfont provides various services for X servers, most notably font selection and rasterisation (through external libraries).

More information about X.Org can be found at: URL:https://www.X.org

This module can be found at git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXfont

There are three methods to install libxfont1 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 libxfont1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxfont1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxfont1

Install libxfont1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxfont1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxfont1

Install libxfont1 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 libxfont1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxfont1

How To Uninstall libxfont1 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libxfont1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxfont1

Uninstall libxfont1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxfont1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxfont1

Remove libxfont1 Configurations and Data

To remove libxfont1 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxfont1

Remove libxfont1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxfont1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxfont1

Dependencies

libxfont1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfont1 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.