How To Install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi on Debian 9. xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi is 75 dpi ISO 8859-5 encoded Cyrillic fonts for X (Cronyx collection)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi on Debian 9.

What is xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi is:

This package provides a set of bitmapped Cyrillic fonts at 75 dots per inch. These are ISO 8859-5 fonts and support the Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian scripts. In most cases it is desirable to have the X font server (xfs) and/or an X server installed to make the fonts available to X clients.

This package and xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-100dpi provide the same set of fonts, rendered at different resolutions; only one or the other is necessary, but both may be installed. xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi may be more suitable for small monitors and/or small screen resolutions (under 1024x768).

The upstream source of this package is the package Xcyr of Serge Winitzki. Xcyr is a descendant of the package Xrus-2.3 of Andrey Chernov.

There are three methods to install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi 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 xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

Install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

Install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi 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 xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

How To Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi on Debian 9

To uninstall only the xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

Remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi Configurations and Data

To remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

Remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi

Dependencies

xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-75dpi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.