How To Install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi on Debian 10.
What is xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
xfonts-cronyx-75dpi is:
This package provides a set of bitmapped Cyrillic fonts at 75 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-100dpi provide the same set of fonts, rendered at different resolutions; only one or the other is necessary, but both may be installed. xfonts-cronyx-75dpi may be more suitable for small monitors and/or small screen resolutions (under 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-75dpi 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 xfonts-cronyx-75dpi 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-75dpi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
Install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
Install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi 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-75dpi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
How To Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-75dpi on Debian 10
To uninstall only the xfonts-cronyx-75dpi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-75dpi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-cronyx-75dpi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
Remove xfonts-cronyx-75dpi Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-cronyx-75dpi configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
Remove xfonts-cronyx-75dpi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-cronyx-75dpi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-cronyx-75dpi
Dependencies
xfonts-cronyx-75dpi have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-75dpi package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.