How To Install fonts-sil-tagmukay on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-tagmukay on Debian 12.
What is fonts-sil-tagmukay
fonts-sil-tagmukay is:
Tagmukay is a Shifinagh (also know as Tifinagh) script font with support for the Tawallammat Tamajaq language. It is a Unicode font that features bi-consonant ligatures and alternate forms necessary to support this language. It has Graphite and OpenType tables that have the logic to support these features.
Webfont versions and HTML/CSS examples are also available. The font sources are publicly available at https://github.com/silnrsi/font-tagmukay
There are three methods to install fonts-sil-tagmukay 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-tagmukay 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-tagmukay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sil-tagmukay
Install fonts-sil-tagmukay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sil-tagmukay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sil-tagmukay
Install fonts-sil-tagmukay 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-tagmukay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sil-tagmukay
How To Uninstall fonts-sil-tagmukay on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-sil-tagmukay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sil-tagmukay
Uninstall fonts-sil-tagmukay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sil-tagmukay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sil-tagmukay
Remove fonts-sil-tagmukay Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sil-tagmukay configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sil-tagmukay
Remove fonts-sil-tagmukay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sil-tagmukay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sil-tagmukay
Dependencies
fonts-sil-tagmukay have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sil-tagmukay package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
