How To Install fonts-sahadeva on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sahadeva on Debian 9.

What is fonts-sahadeva

fonts-sahadeva is:

This package provides font for Devanagari script which is used for writing Hindi, Marathi and Sanskrit languages.

This font is in the Kolkata style, with more angular glyphs and greater contrast between thin and thick strokes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sahadeva

Install fonts-sahadeva Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fonts-sahadeva

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

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sahadeva

How To Uninstall fonts-sahadeva on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove fonts-sahadeva

Uninstall fonts-sahadeva And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-sahadeva and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sahadeva

Remove fonts-sahadeva Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-sahadeva configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sahadeva

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

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

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

Dependencies

fonts-sahadeva have the following dependencies:

References

• fonts-sahadeva website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sahadeva package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.