How To Install xfonts-intl-chinese-big on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-intl-chinese-big on Debian 12.
What is xfonts-intl-chinese-big
xfonts-intl-chinese-big is:
This package includes some large GB2312 Chinese fonts. You will need these fonts if you plan to view, print, or author documents written in Chinese using the above encoding.
The fonts are for use with the X Window System.
There are three methods to install xfonts-intl-chinese-big on Debian 12. 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-intl-chinese-big 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-intl-chinese-big using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-intl-chinese-big
Install xfonts-intl-chinese-big Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-intl-chinese-big using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-intl-chinese-big
Install xfonts-intl-chinese-big 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-intl-chinese-big using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-intl-chinese-big
How To Uninstall xfonts-intl-chinese-big on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xfonts-intl-chinese-big package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-intl-chinese-big
Uninstall xfonts-intl-chinese-big And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-intl-chinese-big and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-intl-chinese-big
Remove xfonts-intl-chinese-big Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-intl-chinese-big configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-intl-chinese-big
Remove xfonts-intl-chinese-big configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-intl-chinese-big configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-intl-chinese-big
Dependencies
xfonts-intl-chinese-big have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-intl-chinese-big package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
