How To Install console-braille on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-braille
on Debian 10.
What is console-braille
console-braille is:
This package includes
- fonts with various sizes to render braille on the Linux console
- keymaps to type braille as unicode characters on the Linux console.
There are three methods to install console-braille
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 console-braille Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install console-braille
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install console-braille
Install console-braille Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install console-braille
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install console-braille
Install console-braille 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 console-braille
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install console-braille
How To Uninstall console-braille on Debian 10
To uninstall only the console-braille
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove console-braille
Uninstall console-braille And Its Dependencies
To uninstall console-braille
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove console-braille
Remove console-braille Configurations and Data
To remove console-braille
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge console-braille
Remove console-braille configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove console-braille
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge console-braille
Dependencies
console-braille have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-braille
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.