How To Install fonts-inter-variable on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-inter-variable on Debian 12.
What is fonts-inter-variable
fonts-inter-variable 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.
This is the VF variant of the font.
There are three methods to install fonts-inter-variable 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-variable 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-variable using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-inter-variable
Install fonts-inter-variable Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-inter-variable using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-inter-variable
Install fonts-inter-variable 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-variable using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-inter-variable
How To Uninstall fonts-inter-variable on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-inter-variable package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-inter-variable
Uninstall fonts-inter-variable And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-inter-variable and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-inter-variable
Remove fonts-inter-variable Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-inter-variable configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-inter-variable
Remove fonts-inter-variable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-inter-variable configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-inter-variable
Dependencies
fonts-inter-variable have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-inter-variable package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
