How To Install fonts-inter on Debian 12

Learn how to install fonts-inter on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fonts-inter is Inter font family

Introduction

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

What is fonts-inter

fonts-inter is:

This is a typeface specially designed for user interfaces with focus on high legibility of small-to-medium sized text on computer screens.

The family features a tall x-height to aid in readability of mixed-case and lower-case text. Several OpenType features are provided as well, like contextual alternates that adjusts punctuation depending on the shape of surrounding glyphs, slashed zero for when you need to disambiguate “0” from “o”, tabular numbers, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-inter

Install fonts-inter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-inter

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-inter

How To Uninstall fonts-inter on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-inter

Uninstall fonts-inter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-inter

Remove fonts-inter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-inter

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-inter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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