How To Install xfonts-mplus on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-mplus on Debian 12.
What is xfonts-mplus
xfonts-mplus is:
M+ bitmap fonts were designed to be simple and highly readable. It includes ISO-8859-1,15 (6/10/12 dot) fonts and all Japanese jisx0208.1990 Kanji fonts (10/12 dot) as following:
- mplus-gothic: M+ Gothic fonts (10/12dot, ISO-8859-1/Japanese)
- mplus-goth_p: it’s similar to mplus-gothic, but its Latin character part is proportional fonts (10/12dot, ISO-8859-1/Japanese)
- mplus-fxd: yet another “fixed” fonts (10/12dot, ISO-8859-1/15)
- mplus-hlv: yet another “helvetica” fonts (10/12dot, ISO-8859-1/15)
- mplus-hlvw: 1 dot wide fonts than mplus-hlv ( 12dot, ISO-8859-1/15)
- mplus-sys: for window title/menu (10dot, ISO-8859-1/15)
- mplus-qub: 6 dot very small font (6dot, ISO-8859-1/15)
There are three methods to install xfonts-mplus 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-mplus 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-mplus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-mplus
Install xfonts-mplus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-mplus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-mplus
Install xfonts-mplus 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-mplus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-mplus
How To Uninstall xfonts-mplus on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xfonts-mplus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-mplus
Uninstall xfonts-mplus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-mplus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-mplus
Remove xfonts-mplus Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-mplus configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-mplus
Remove xfonts-mplus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-mplus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-mplus
Dependencies
xfonts-mplus have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-mplus package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
