How To Install scalable-cyrfonts-tex on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install scalable-cyrfonts-tex on Debian 9.
What is scalable-cyrfonts-tex
scalable-cyrfonts-tex is:
This package installs all needed TeX font metcic files, virtual fonts, font definitions and some style packages in order to provide TeX with the following font families: Free Times, Free Helvetian, Free Helvetian Condensed, Free Courier, Free Avant Garde, Free Paladin, Free Schoolbook, Free Bookman, Free Chancery, Teams and OldSlavic.
If you want to have these font families available to X11 and Defoma-aware applications (Ghostscript, Grace, SciGraphica) then please install the packages t1-cyrillic, t1-teams and t1-oldslavic.
In order to make this package functional please read the file /usr/share/doc/scalable-cyrfonts-tex/README.Debian.
There are three methods to install scalable-cyrfonts-tex 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 scalable-cyrfonts-tex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install scalable-cyrfonts-tex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install scalable-cyrfonts-tex
Install scalable-cyrfonts-tex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install scalable-cyrfonts-tex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install scalable-cyrfonts-tex
Install scalable-cyrfonts-tex 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 scalable-cyrfonts-tex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install scalable-cyrfonts-tex
How To Uninstall scalable-cyrfonts-tex on Debian 9
To uninstall only the scalable-cyrfonts-tex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove scalable-cyrfonts-tex
Uninstall scalable-cyrfonts-tex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall scalable-cyrfonts-tex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove scalable-cyrfonts-tex
Remove scalable-cyrfonts-tex Configurations and Data
To remove scalable-cyrfonts-tex configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge scalable-cyrfonts-tex
Remove scalable-cyrfonts-tex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove scalable-cyrfonts-tex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scalable-cyrfonts-tex
Dependencies
scalable-cyrfonts-tex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install scalable-cyrfonts-tex package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.