How To Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu on Debian 12.
What is fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu
fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu 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 Wuding-Luquan Yi / Hei Yi / Nasu with glyph variant [ywqa]
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu 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-salaowu 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-salaowu using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu
Install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu 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-salaowu using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu
Uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu 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-salaowu
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu
Remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu
Dependencies
fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-shimenkan-salaowu package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
