How To Install xfonts-cyrillic on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cyrillic on Debian 11.
What is xfonts-cyrillic
xfonts-cyrillic is:
xfonts-cyrillic provides a set of fonts using the Cyrillic alphabet for X servers. 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.
There are three methods to install xfonts-cyrillic on Debian 11. 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-cyrillic 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-cyrillic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-cyrillic
Install xfonts-cyrillic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-cyrillic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-cyrillic
Install xfonts-cyrillic 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-cyrillic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-cyrillic
How To Uninstall xfonts-cyrillic on Debian 11
To uninstall only the xfonts-cyrillic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-cyrillic
Uninstall xfonts-cyrillic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-cyrillic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-cyrillic
Remove xfonts-cyrillic Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-cyrillic configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-cyrillic
Remove xfonts-cyrillic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-cyrillic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-cyrillic
Dependencies
xfonts-cyrillic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cyrillic package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
