How To Install ttf-lyx on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ttf-lyx on Debian 9.
What is ttf-lyx
ttf-lyx is:
This package only exists to facilitate the renaming of ttf-lyx to fonts-lyx. You may safely remove this package once no other package depends on it.
There are three methods to install ttf-lyx 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 ttf-lyx 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-lyx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ttf-lyx
Install ttf-lyx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ttf-lyx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ttf-lyx
Install ttf-lyx 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-lyx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ttf-lyx
How To Uninstall ttf-lyx on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ttf-lyx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ttf-lyx
Uninstall ttf-lyx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ttf-lyx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ttf-lyx
Remove ttf-lyx Configurations and Data
To remove ttf-lyx configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ttf-lyx
Remove ttf-lyx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ttf-lyx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ttf-lyx
Dependencies
ttf-lyx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ttf-lyx package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.