How To Install xfonts-terminus-oblique on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-terminus-oblique on Debian 12.
What is xfonts-terminus-oblique
xfonts-terminus-oblique is:
This package contains oblique versions of the fonts in the package xfonts-terminus. These fonts are automatically generated and at present are not supported by the upstream maintainer. They have much lower quality than the original fonts. Nevertheless they can be useful for some programs such as GNU Emacs and XEmacs.
This package contains normal and bold oblique fonts in the following in following sizes: 6x12, 8x14, 8x16, 10x20, 11x22, 12x24, 14x28 and 16x32 and supports the following encodings: ISO10646-1, ISO8859-1, ISO8859-2, ISO8859-5, ISO8859-9, ISO8859-13, ISO8859-15, ISO8859-16, KOI8-R, KOI8-U, CP1251 and PT154.
There are three methods to install xfonts-terminus-oblique 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-terminus-oblique 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-terminus-oblique using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xfonts-terminus-oblique
Install xfonts-terminus-oblique Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xfonts-terminus-oblique using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xfonts-terminus-oblique
Install xfonts-terminus-oblique 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-terminus-oblique using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xfonts-terminus-oblique
How To Uninstall xfonts-terminus-oblique on Debian 12
To uninstall only the xfonts-terminus-oblique package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xfonts-terminus-oblique
Uninstall xfonts-terminus-oblique And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xfonts-terminus-oblique and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xfonts-terminus-oblique
Remove xfonts-terminus-oblique Configurations and Data
To remove xfonts-terminus-oblique configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xfonts-terminus-oblique
Remove xfonts-terminus-oblique configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xfonts-terminus-oblique configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xfonts-terminus-oblique
Dependencies
xfonts-terminus-oblique have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xfonts-terminus-oblique package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
