How To Install fonts-sil-shimenkan on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan on Debian 12.
What is fonts-sil-shimenkan
fonts-sil-shimenkan is:
The Shimenkan family of fonts supports the broad variety of writing systems that use the Miao (Pollard) script.
The Latin glyphs are based on the OFL-licensed Source Sans Pro fonts (https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro). The Miao glyphs are designed to harmonize with the Latin, but remain true to the unique characteristics of Miao writing systems. The project is inspired by, but not based on, the Miao Unicode project (https://github.com/phjamr/MiaoUnicode).
The full font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-shimenkan An open workflow is used for building, testing and releasing.
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-shimenkan 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-sil-shimenkan 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-sil-shimenkan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-shimenkan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan 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-sil-shimenkan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-shimenkan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-shimenkan
Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-shimenkan
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-shimenkan configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-shimenkan
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-shimenkan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-shimenkan
Dependencies
fonts-sil-shimenkan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
