How to Install and Uninstall xfonts-base Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the xfonts-base on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "xfonts-base" package

This tutorial shows how to install xfonts-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xfonts-base
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xfonts-base" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xfonts-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the xfonts-base package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: xfonts-base
Version: 1:1.0.5+nmu1
Installed-Size: 7164
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: all
Replaces: xfonts-misc
Depends: xfonts-utils
Suggests: xfs | xserver
Description: standard fonts for X
Description-md5: b523687dc2655def36c6861a16a103b0
Multi-Arch: foreign
Tag: made-of::font, role::app-data, role::data, x11::font
Section: fonts
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xfonts-base/xfonts-base_1.0.5+nmu1_all.deb
Size: 5895292
MD5sum: 776b378957420397faf52e55bb50a450
SHA256: 24446137c63de94283dc808eef438918e243f518629844289a5af50a8e0aec23