How To Install ttf-ancient-fonts on Debian 10

Learn how to install ttf-ancient-fonts on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ttf-ancient-fonts is Unicode Fonts for Ancient Scripts (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttf-ancient-fonts on Debian 10.

What is ttf-ancient-fonts

ttf-ancient-fonts is:

This dummy package is provided for a smooth transition from the previous ttf-ancient-fonts package to the fonts-ancient-scripts package.

It may be safely removed after installation.

There are three methods to install ttf-ancient-fonts on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ttf-ancient-fonts Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ttf-ancient-fonts using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ttf-ancient-fonts

Install ttf-ancient-fonts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ttf-ancient-fonts using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ttf-ancient-fonts

Install ttf-ancient-fonts 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 ttf-ancient-fonts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ttf-ancient-fonts

How To Uninstall ttf-ancient-fonts on Debian 10

To uninstall only the ttf-ancient-fonts package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ttf-ancient-fonts

Uninstall ttf-ancient-fonts And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ttf-ancient-fonts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ttf-ancient-fonts

Remove ttf-ancient-fonts Configurations and Data

To remove ttf-ancient-fonts configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ttf-ancient-fonts

Remove ttf-ancient-fonts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ttf-ancient-fonts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ttf-ancient-fonts

Dependencies

ttf-ancient-fonts have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttf-ancient-fonts package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.