How To Install fonts-baekmuk on Debian 12

Learn how to install fonts-baekmuk on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fonts-baekmuk is Baekmuk series Korean fonts

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-baekmuk on Debian 12.

What is fonts-baekmuk

fonts-baekmuk is:

This is a set of Korean TrueType fonts, which contains 4 font families; Dotum, Batang, Gulim and Headline.

Note that these fonts are not recommended for computer display. Because they are not with reasonable hinting instructions, their CJK glyphs (which usually have more strokes than Latin glyphs) are almost not readable in most computer screens.

There are three methods to install fonts-baekmuk on Debian 12. 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-baekmuk 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-baekmuk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-baekmuk

Install fonts-baekmuk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-baekmuk

Install fonts-baekmuk 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-baekmuk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-baekmuk

How To Uninstall fonts-baekmuk on Debian 12

To uninstall only the fonts-baekmuk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-baekmuk

Uninstall fonts-baekmuk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-baekmuk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-baekmuk

Remove fonts-baekmuk Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-baekmuk configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-baekmuk

Remove fonts-baekmuk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-baekmuk

Dependencies

fonts-baekmuk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-baekmuk package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.