How To Install fonts-courier-prime on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-courier-prime on Debian 10.
What is fonts-courier-prime
fonts-courier-prime is:
This is a monospace font, similar to Courier. It was designed to replace the legendary Courier especially in screenwriting. It’s Courier, just better. Courier Prime is optimized for 12 point size, and matches the metrics of Courier and Courier Final Draft, so you can (mostly) swap it out one-for-one and your page count should not change.
There are three methods to install fonts-courier-prime 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 fonts-courier-prime 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-courier-prime using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-courier-prime
Install fonts-courier-prime Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-courier-prime using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-courier-prime
Install fonts-courier-prime 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-courier-prime using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-courier-prime
How To Uninstall fonts-courier-prime on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fonts-courier-prime package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-courier-prime
Uninstall fonts-courier-prime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-courier-prime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-courier-prime
Remove fonts-courier-prime Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-courier-prime configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-courier-prime
Remove fonts-courier-prime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-courier-prime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-courier-prime
Dependencies
fonts-courier-prime have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-courier-prime package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.