How To Install fonts-gfs-solomos on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-solomos on Debian 12.
What is fonts-gfs-solomos
fonts-gfs-solomos is:
From the middle of the 19th century an italic font with many calligraphic overtones was introduced into Greek printing. Its source is unknown, but it almost certainly was the product of a German or Italian foundry. In the first type specimen printed in Greece by the typecutter K. Miliadis (1850), the font was listed anonymously along others of 11pts and in the Gr. Doumas’ undated specimen appeared as ?11pt Greek inclined?. For most of the second half of the century the type was used extensively as an italic for emphasis in words, sentences or excerpts. In 1889, the folio size Type Specimen of Anestis Konstantinidis’ publishing, printing and type founding establishment also included the type as ?Greek inclined [9 & 12 pt]?.
Nevertheless, the excessively calligraphic style of the characters, combined with the steep and uncomfortable obliqueness of the capitals, was out of favour in the 20th century and the type did not survive the conformity of the mechanical type cutting and casting. The font has been digitally revived, as part of our typographic tradition, by George D. Matthiopoulos and is part of GFS’ type library under the name GFS Solomos, in commemoration of the great Greek poet of the 19th century, Dionisios Solomos.
There are three methods to install fonts-gfs-solomos 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-gfs-solomos 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-gfs-solomos using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-gfs-solomos
Install fonts-gfs-solomos Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-gfs-solomos using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-gfs-solomos
Install fonts-gfs-solomos 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-gfs-solomos using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-gfs-solomos
How To Uninstall fonts-gfs-solomos on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-gfs-solomos package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-gfs-solomos
Uninstall fonts-gfs-solomos And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-gfs-solomos and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-gfs-solomos
Remove fonts-gfs-solomos Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-gfs-solomos configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-gfs-solomos
Remove fonts-gfs-solomos configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-gfs-solomos configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-gfs-solomos
Dependencies
fonts-gfs-solomos have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-gfs-solomos package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
