How To Install fonts-maitreya on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-maitreya on Debian 9.
What is fonts-maitreya
fonts-maitreya is:
Astrological font used by the package maitreya. Maitreya uses special symbols used for astrology. You probably need this font package if you have installed maitreya. This font is not Unicode encoded.
There are three methods to install fonts-maitreya 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-maitreya 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-maitreya using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-maitreya
Install fonts-maitreya Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-maitreya using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-maitreya
Install fonts-maitreya 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-maitreya using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-maitreya
How To Uninstall fonts-maitreya on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fonts-maitreya package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-maitreya
Uninstall fonts-maitreya And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-maitreya and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-maitreya
Remove fonts-maitreya Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-maitreya configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-maitreya
Remove fonts-maitreya configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-maitreya configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-maitreya
Dependencies
fonts-maitreya have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-maitreya package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.