How To Install gnome-specimen on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-specimen on Debian 9.
What is gnome-specimen
gnome-specimen is:
A simple tool to view and compare fonts installed on your system. It has currently following features,
- A list of all fonts available (the left pane)
- A list of font previews (the right pane)
- Configurable preview text and font size
- Configurable foreground and background colors used in the preview pane
There are three methods to install gnome-specimen 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 gnome-specimen Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-specimen using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-specimen
Install gnome-specimen Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-specimen using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-specimen
Install gnome-specimen 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 gnome-specimen using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-specimen
How To Uninstall gnome-specimen on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnome-specimen package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-specimen
Uninstall gnome-specimen And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-specimen and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-specimen
Remove gnome-specimen Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-specimen configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-specimen
Remove gnome-specimen configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-specimen configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-specimen
Dependencies
gnome-specimen have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-specimen package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.