How To Install fonts-go on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-go on Debian 9.
What is fonts-go
fonts-go is:
The Go font family includes proportional and fixed width faces in normal, bold, and italic renderings. It is designed for technical uses, particularly programming.
There are three methods to install fonts-go 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-go 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-go using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-go
Install fonts-go Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-go using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-go
Install fonts-go 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-go using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-go
How To Uninstall fonts-go on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fonts-go package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-go
Uninstall fonts-go And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-go and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-go
Remove fonts-go Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-go configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-go
Remove fonts-go configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-go configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-go
Dependencies
fonts-go have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-go package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.