How To Install fonts-opensymbol on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opensymbol on Debian 12.
What is fonts-opensymbol
fonts-opensymbol is:
This package contains the OpenSymbol TrueType font included in LibreOffice. This font contains symbols (like fonts as Wingdings(tm)), bullets (needed for bullets in LibreOffice) and non-latin character
There are three methods to install fonts-opensymbol 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-opensymbol 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-opensymbol using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-opensymbol
Install fonts-opensymbol Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-opensymbol using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-opensymbol
Install fonts-opensymbol 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-opensymbol using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-opensymbol
How To Uninstall fonts-opensymbol on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-opensymbol package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-opensymbol
Uninstall fonts-opensymbol And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-opensymbol and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-opensymbol
Remove fonts-opensymbol Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-opensymbol configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-opensymbol
Remove fonts-opensymbol configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-opensymbol configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-opensymbol
Dependencies
fonts-opensymbol have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-opensymbol package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
