How To Install cm-super-minimal on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-minimal on Debian 9.
What is cm-super-minimal
cm-super-minimal is:
This package ships the 10pt version of the various fonts. For the full set please install cm-super.
The CM-Super package contains Type 1 fonts converted from METAFONT fonts and covers entire EC/TC, EC Concrete, EC Bright and LH fonts (Computer Modern font families). All European and Cyrillic writings are covered. Each Type 1 font program contains ALL glyphs from the following standard LaTeX font encodings: T1, TS1, T2A, T2B, T2C, X2, and also Adobe StandardEncoding (585 glyphs per non-SC font and 468 glyphs per SC font), and could be reencoded to any of these encodings using standard dvips or pdftex facilities (the corresponding support files are also included).
There are three methods to install cm-super-minimal 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 cm-super-minimal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-minimal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cm-super-minimal
Install cm-super-minimal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-minimal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cm-super-minimal
Install cm-super-minimal 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 cm-super-minimal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cm-super-minimal
How To Uninstall cm-super-minimal on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cm-super-minimal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cm-super-minimal
Uninstall cm-super-minimal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cm-super-minimal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cm-super-minimal
Remove cm-super-minimal Configurations and Data
To remove cm-super-minimal configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cm-super-minimal
Remove cm-super-minimal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cm-super-minimal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cm-super-minimal
Dependencies
cm-super-minimal have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-minimal package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.