How To Install fonts-proggy on Debian 12

Learn how to install fonts-proggy on Debian 12 with this tutorial. fonts-proggy is Monospaced bitmap programming font

Introduction

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

What is fonts-proggy

fonts-proggy is:

These are a set of fixed-width screen fonts that are designed for code listings. This is only the tiny version of the font collection.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-proggy

Install fonts-proggy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-proggy

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-proggy

How To Uninstall fonts-proggy on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-proggy

Uninstall fonts-proggy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-proggy

Remove fonts-proggy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-proggy

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-proggy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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