How To Install fonts-spleen on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-spleen on Debian 12.
What is fonts-spleen
fonts-spleen is:
This is a vectorized monospaced bitmap font for consoles and terminals.
All font sizes contain all ISO/IEC 8859-1 characters (Basic Latin and Latin-1 Supplement Unicode block), Latin Extended-A characters, as well as Box Drawing, Block Elements, and Braille Patterns Unicode blocks, except for the 5x8 and the 6x12 versions.
Due to character size constraints, the 5x8 version only contains printable ASCII characters, the Braille Patterns Unicode block, and light Box Drawing characters.
There are three methods to install fonts-spleen 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-spleen 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-spleen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-spleen
Install fonts-spleen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-spleen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-spleen
Install fonts-spleen 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-spleen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-spleen
How To Uninstall fonts-spleen on Debian 12
To uninstall only the fonts-spleen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-spleen
Uninstall fonts-spleen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-spleen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-spleen
Remove fonts-spleen Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-spleen configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-spleen
Remove fonts-spleen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-spleen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-spleen
Dependencies
fonts-spleen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-spleen package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
