How To Install fonts-oxygen on Debian 12

Introduction

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

What is fonts-oxygen

fonts-oxygen is:

Desktop/gui font family for integrated use with the KDE desktop.

The basic concept for Oxygen Font is to design a clear, legible, sans serif font which would be rendered with Freetype on Linux-based devices. In addition a bold weight, plus regular and bold italics, and a monospace version will be made.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-oxygen

Install fonts-oxygen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-oxygen

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-oxygen

How To Uninstall fonts-oxygen on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-oxygen

Uninstall fonts-oxygen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-oxygen

Remove fonts-oxygen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-oxygen

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-oxygen have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-oxygen website
• fonts-oxygen on packages.debian.org

Summary

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