How To Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan on Debian 12.
What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan
fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan 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.
This package provides fonts customized for Large Flowery Miao, normalised orthography [hmdd]
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan 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-guifan 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-guifan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan 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-guifan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan
Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan 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-guifan
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan
Dependencies
fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-guifan package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
