How To Install fonts-sixtyfour on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sixtyfour on Debian 12.
What is fonts-sixtyfour
fonts-sixtyfour is:
Inspired by the article Raster CRT Typography (According to DEC) by Norbert Landsteiner, these fonts were reworked on some old pixel versions of the Commodore 64 and Amiga Workbench. The author had done years ago to include variable font axes for the size of the horizontal scanlines and the amount of horizontal bleed of the pixels due to the phosphor latency found in CRT displays.
This is the Commodore 64 font.
There are three methods to install fonts-sixtyfour 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-sixtyfour 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-sixtyfour using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-sixtyfour
Install fonts-sixtyfour Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-sixtyfour using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-sixtyfour
Install fonts-sixtyfour 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-sixtyfour using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-sixtyfour
How To Uninstall fonts-sixtyfour on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-sixtyfour package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-sixtyfour
Uninstall fonts-sixtyfour And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-sixtyfour and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-sixtyfour
Remove fonts-sixtyfour Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-sixtyfour configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-sixtyfour
Remove fonts-sixtyfour configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-sixtyfour configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-sixtyfour
Dependencies
fonts-sixtyfour have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-sixtyfour package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
