How To Install cm-super-x11 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-x11
on Debian 9.
What is cm-super-x11
cm-super-x11 is:
This package makes the cm-super fonts available to X11. This package does not contain any fonts itself but allows one to reuse the cm-super fonts as X11 screen fonts.
There are three methods to install cm-super-x11
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-x11 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-x11
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cm-super-x11
Install cm-super-x11 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cm-super-x11
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cm-super-x11
Install cm-super-x11 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-x11
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cm-super-x11
How To Uninstall cm-super-x11 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cm-super-x11
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cm-super-x11
Uninstall cm-super-x11 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cm-super-x11
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cm-super-x11
Remove cm-super-x11 Configurations and Data
To remove cm-super-x11
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cm-super-x11
Remove cm-super-x11 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cm-super-x11
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cm-super-x11
Dependencies
cm-super-x11 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cm-super-x11
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.