How To Install xfonts-intl-phonetic on Debian 10

Learn how to install xfonts-intl-phonetic on Debian 10 with this tutorial. xfonts-intl-phonetic is international fonts for X - International Phonetic Alphabet

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-intl-phonetic on Debian 10.

What is xfonts-intl-phonetic

xfonts-intl-phonetic is:

This package includes some fonts of the International Phonetic Alphabet. You will need these fonts if you plan to view, print, or author documents using the International Phonetic Alphabet. IPA is used, for instance, in dictionaries to represent pronunciations in a non-language-specific way.

The fonts are for use with the X Window System.

There are three methods to install xfonts-intl-phonetic 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 xfonts-intl-phonetic 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-intl-phonetic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-intl-phonetic

Install xfonts-intl-phonetic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-intl-phonetic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfonts-intl-phonetic

Install xfonts-intl-phonetic 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-intl-phonetic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-intl-phonetic

How To Uninstall xfonts-intl-phonetic on Debian 10

To uninstall only the xfonts-intl-phonetic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-intl-phonetic

Uninstall xfonts-intl-phonetic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-intl-phonetic

Remove xfonts-intl-phonetic Configurations and Data

To remove xfonts-intl-phonetic configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-intl-phonetic

Remove xfonts-intl-phonetic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfonts-intl-phonetic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-intl-phonetic

Dependencies

xfonts-intl-phonetic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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