How To Install fonts-takao-mincho on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-takao-mincho on Debian 9.
What is fonts-takao-mincho
fonts-takao-mincho is:
Takao Fonts are Japanese gothic and mincho scalable fonts. They are suitable for both display and printing. This package provides them in TrueType format.
Takao Fonts are based on IPA Fonts and IPAex Fonts. Takao’s purpose is to make it possible to maintain and release the fonts by the community with changing their names.
This package includes Takao Mincho, Takao P Mincho and Takao Ex Mincho.
There are three methods to install fonts-takao-mincho on Debian 9. 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-takao-mincho 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-takao-mincho using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fonts-takao-mincho
Install fonts-takao-mincho Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fonts-takao-mincho using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fonts-takao-mincho
Install fonts-takao-mincho 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-takao-mincho using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fonts-takao-mincho
How To Uninstall fonts-takao-mincho on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fonts-takao-mincho package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fonts-takao-mincho
Uninstall fonts-takao-mincho And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fonts-takao-mincho and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-takao-mincho
Remove fonts-takao-mincho Configurations and Data
To remove fonts-takao-mincho configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-takao-mincho
Remove fonts-takao-mincho configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fonts-takao-mincho configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-takao-mincho
Dependencies
fonts-takao-mincho have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-takao-mincho package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.