How To Install xfonts-intl-european on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-intl-european on Debian 9.
What is xfonts-intl-european
xfonts-intl-european is:
This package includes some ISO 8859-1 (Latin-1), ISO 8859-2 (Latin-2), ISO 8859-3 (Latin-3), ISO 8859-4 (Latin-4), ISO 8859-5 (Cyrillic), ISO 8859-7 (Greek), ISO 8859-8 (Hebrew), ISO 8859-9 (Latin-5), and KOI (Cyrillic) fonts. One large ISO 8859-1 font is also included. You will need these fonts if you plan to view, print, or author documents using the above scripts/encodings.
The fonts are for use with the X Window System.
There are three methods to install xfonts-intl-european 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-intl-european 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-european using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-intl-european
Install xfonts-intl-european Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-intl-european using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-intl-european
Install xfonts-intl-european 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-european using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-intl-european
How To Uninstall xfonts-intl-european on Debian 9
To uninstall only the xfonts-intl-european package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-intl-european
Uninstall xfonts-intl-european And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-intl-european and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-intl-european
Remove xfonts-intl-european Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-intl-european configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-intl-european
Remove xfonts-intl-european configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-intl-european configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-intl-european
Dependencies
xfonts-intl-european have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-intl-european package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.