How To Install fonts-dejavu-core on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-dejavu-core on Debian 9.
What is fonts-dejavu-core
fonts-dejavu-core is:
DejaVu provides an expanded version of the Vera font family aiming for quality and broader Unicode coverage while retaining the original Vera style. DejaVu currently works towards conformance with the Multilingual European Standards (MES-1 and MES-2) for Unicode coverage. The DejaVu fonts provide serif, sans and monospaced variants.
This package only contains the sans, sans-bold, serif, serif-bold, mono and mono-bold variants. For additional variants, see the ttf-dejavu-extra package.
DejaVu fonts are intended for use on low-resolution devices (mainly computer screens) but can be used in printing as well.
There are three methods to install fonts-dejavu-core 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-dejavu-core 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-dejavu-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-dejavu-core
Install fonts-dejavu-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-dejavu-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-dejavu-core
Install fonts-dejavu-core 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-dejavu-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-dejavu-core
How To Uninstall fonts-dejavu-core on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fonts-dejavu-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-dejavu-core
Uninstall fonts-dejavu-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-dejavu-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-dejavu-core
Remove fonts-dejavu-core Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-dejavu-core configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-dejavu-core
Remove fonts-dejavu-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-dejavu-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-dejavu-core
Dependencies
fonts-dejavu-core have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-dejavu-core package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.