How To Install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi on Debian 9.
What is xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
xfonts-cronyx-100dpi is:
This package provides a set of bitmapped Cyrillic fonts at 100 dots per inch. These are Unicode (ISO10646-1) fonts and support all current slavic Cyrillic letters as well as some Russian prerevolutionary letters. In most cases it is desirable to have the X font server (xfs) and/or an X server installed to make the fonts available to X clients.
This package and xfonts-cronyx-75dpi provide the same set of fonts, rendered at different resolutions; only one or the other is necessary, but both may be installed. xfonts-cronyx-100dpi may be more suitable for large monitors and/or large screen resolutions (over 1024x768).
The upstream source of this package is the package Xcyr of Serge Winitzki. Xcyr is a descendant of the package Xrus-2.3 of Andrey Chernov.
There are three methods to install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi 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 xfonts-cronyx-100dpi Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
Install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
Install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi 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 xfonts-cronyx-100dpi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
How To Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-100dpi on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xfonts-cronyx-100dpi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-100dpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-cronyx-100dpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
Remove xfonts-cronyx-100dpi Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-cronyx-100dpi configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
Remove xfonts-cronyx-100dpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-cronyx-100dpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-cronyx-100dpi
Dependencies
xfonts-cronyx-100dpi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-100dpi package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.