How To Install fonts-elstob on Debian 12

Learn how to install fonts-elstob on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fonts-elstob is font for medievalists

Introduction

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

What is fonts-elstob

fonts-elstob is:

This is the Elstob font (named for the eighteenth-century Anglo-Saxonist Elizabeth Elstob) is based on the Double Pica commissioned by Bishop John Fell in the seventeenth century.

There are three methods to install fonts-elstob 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-elstob 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-elstob using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-elstob

Install fonts-elstob Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-elstob

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-elstob

How To Uninstall fonts-elstob on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-elstob

Uninstall fonts-elstob And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-elstob

Remove fonts-elstob Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-elstob

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-elstob have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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