How To Install console-data on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-data on Debian 9.
What is console-data
console-data is:
This package provides the standard data files for the Linux console tools.
This includes keyboard definitions (keymaps), console fonts for various encodings, maps defining the standard charsets for use by text applications, and fallback tables allowing to approximate an unavailable character’s glyph with the glyph of another character in the current font.
There are three methods to install console-data 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 console-data 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-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install console-data
Install console-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install console-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install console-data
Install console-data 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-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install console-data
How To Uninstall console-data on Debian 9
To uninstall only the console-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove console-data
Uninstall console-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall console-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove console-data
Remove console-data Configurations and Data
To remove console-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge console-data
Remove console-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove console-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge console-data
Dependencies
console-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install console-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.