How To Install libxfont2 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libxfont2 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libxfont2 is X11 font rasterisation library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfont2 on Debian 10.

What is libxfont2

libxfont2 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 libxfont2 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 libxfont2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libxfont2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libxfont2

Install libxfont2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libxfont2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libxfont2

Install libxfont2 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 libxfont2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libxfont2

How To Uninstall libxfont2 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libxfont2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libxfont2

Uninstall libxfont2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libxfont2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxfont2

Remove libxfont2 Configurations and Data

To remove libxfont2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libxfont2

Remove libxfont2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libxfont2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libxfont2

Dependencies

libxfont2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxfont2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.