How To Install octicons on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octicons on Debian 9.
What is octicons
octicons is:
GitHub’s “octicons” webfont, you can use over 100 icons with this web font.
See https://octicons.github.com/ for examples.
There are three methods to install octicons 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 octicons Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octicons using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octicons
Install octicons Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octicons using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octicons
Install octicons 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 octicons using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octicons
How To Uninstall octicons on Debian 9
To uninstall only the octicons package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octicons
Uninstall octicons And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octicons and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octicons
Remove octicons Configurations and Data
To remove octicons configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octicons
Remove octicons configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octicons configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octicons
Dependencies
octicons have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octicons package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
