How To Install libfontconfig1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontconfig1 on Debian 11.
What is libfontconfig1
libfontconfig1 is:
Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications.
This package contains the runtime library needed to launch applications using fontconfig.
There are three methods to install libfontconfig1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfontconfig1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfontconfig1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfontconfig1
Install libfontconfig1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfontconfig1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfontconfig1
Install libfontconfig1 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 libfontconfig1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfontconfig1
How To Uninstall libfontconfig1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libfontconfig1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfontconfig1
Uninstall libfontconfig1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfontconfig1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfontconfig1
Remove libfontconfig1 Configurations and Data
To remove libfontconfig1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfontconfig1
Remove libfontconfig1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfontconfig1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfontconfig1
Dependencies
libfontconfig1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontconfig1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.