How To Install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc on Debian 11. xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc is Character-cell ISO-8859-5 encoded Cyrillic fonts for X (Cronyx collection)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc on Debian 11.

What is xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc is:

This package provides a standard set of character-cell low-resolution Cyrillic fonts. These are ISO-8859-5 fonts and support the Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian and Serbian scripts. 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.

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-isocyr-misc on Debian 11. 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-isocyr-misc 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-isocyr-misc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

Install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

Install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc 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-isocyr-misc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

How To Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc on Debian 11

To uninstall only the xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

Uninstall xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

Remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc Configurations and Data

To remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

Remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc

Dependencies

xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-cronyx-isocyr-misc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.