How To Install libaosd-text2 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaosd-text2 on Debian 9.
What is libaosd-text2
libaosd-text2 is:
libaosd is an advanced on screen display library. It supports many modern features like anti-aliased text and composited rendering via XComposite, as well as support for rendering Cairo and Pango layouts.
This package contains the text layout library.
There are three methods to install libaosd-text2 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 libaosd-text2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libaosd-text2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libaosd-text2
Install libaosd-text2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libaosd-text2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libaosd-text2
Install libaosd-text2 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 libaosd-text2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libaosd-text2
How To Uninstall libaosd-text2 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libaosd-text2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libaosd-text2
Uninstall libaosd-text2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libaosd-text2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libaosd-text2
Remove libaosd-text2 Configurations and Data
To remove libaosd-text2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libaosd-text2
Remove libaosd-text2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libaosd-text2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libaosd-text2
Dependencies
libaosd-text2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libaosd-text2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.