How To Install fonts-lao on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-lao on Debian 9.
What is fonts-lao
fonts-lao is:
This package includes fonts that are suitable for the display of the Lao language.
There are three methods to install fonts-lao 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-lao 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-lao using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-lao
Install fonts-lao Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-lao using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-lao
Install fonts-lao 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-lao using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-lao
How To Uninstall fonts-lao on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fonts-lao package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-lao
Uninstall fonts-lao And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-lao and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-lao
Remove fonts-lao Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-lao configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-lao
Remove fonts-lao configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-lao configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-lao
Dependencies
fonts-lao have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-lao package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.