How To Install fonts-averia-sans-gwf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-averia-sans-gwf on Debian 9. fonts-averia-sans-gwf is Aver?a Sans GWF font family

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-averia-sans-gwf on Debian 9.

What is fonts-averia-sans-gwf

fonts-averia-sans-gwf is:

Aver?a is a Unicode typeface family created from the average of all fonts on the computer of the creator. All metrics are the result of an averaging process. The process is described at http://iotic.com/averia/.

Aver?a Sans exists in Regular, Bold, Italic, Bold Italic, Light and Light Italic styles - based on the sans-serif subset of the 508 fonts on the creator’s computer.

There are three methods to install fonts-averia-sans-gwf 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 fonts-averia-sans-gwf Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-averia-sans-gwf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-averia-sans-gwf

Install fonts-averia-sans-gwf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-averia-sans-gwf using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-averia-sans-gwf

Install fonts-averia-sans-gwf 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 fonts-averia-sans-gwf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-averia-sans-gwf

How To Uninstall fonts-averia-sans-gwf on Debian 9

To uninstall only the fonts-averia-sans-gwf package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-averia-sans-gwf

Uninstall fonts-averia-sans-gwf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-averia-sans-gwf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-averia-sans-gwf

Remove fonts-averia-sans-gwf Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-averia-sans-gwf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-averia-sans-gwf

Remove fonts-averia-sans-gwf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-averia-sans-gwf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-averia-sans-gwf

Dependencies

fonts-averia-sans-gwf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-averia-sans-gwf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.