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"apt for fonts" is called apt. If you want the testing fonts, you add: /etc/apt/sources.d/fonts.list: deb http://http.debian.net/debian http://http.debian.ne
by dsr_ 6y ago
"apt for fonts" is called apt.
If you want the testing fonts, you add:
/etc/apt/sources.d/fonts.list:
deb http://http.debian.net/debian http://http.debian.net/debian sid main contrib non-free
and
/etc/apt/preferences.d/pinning:
Package: fonts-*
Pin: release a=testing
Pin-Priority: 600
(priority between 500 and 989 means "causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent")
and after you apt update, you have access to sid.
- Kaze404 6y ago...unless you're not on a Debian-based distribution.
- G4E 6y agoThen you won't have apt in the first place ;)
- dividedbyzero 6y agoBut you can have fnt, they support macOS too it seems
- alexmyczko 6y agoTHIS is the main reason I wrote it.
- dividedbyzero 6y agoTo me, "apt for fonts" is something similar to apt, but centered around and specialized in fonts. Like, say, eprairie, the "ebay for bison" – I can list those rare bison I need to get rid of on ebay, but people won't be able to search for horn curvature, but I expect eprairie will have that. Good to know there are some fonts on apt, though!
- progval 6y agoAnd fnt has little to do with apt; it's a wrapper around curl + ar + tar, that doesn't support any of the important features of APT (signature checking, dependencies, updates, keeping track of what is installed, uninstalls, ...)
- alexmyczko 6y agothat is true. but everyone knows apt, so if you want to explain something similar in usage, i'd refer to something people know about. of course your description: "wrapper around curl/ar/tar" is on point, but would anyone have understood it? the missing important features are a good idea.
- nerdponx 6y agoMaybe the problem is that there's no equivalent of the AUR for Debian-based repos, and/or that packaging for Debian is a serious pain the ass.
- mikewhy 6y agoYes why use this simple tool when you can: 1. add a limited set of fonts (requires sudo privileges) 2. pin those using an arbitrary number between two more arbitrary numbers, hope it doesn't break anything else. if it does break I'm sure there's a few pages of documentation you can sift through (also requires sudo privileges) 3. run another sudo command to update your local list of available packages 4. finally, use sudo to install your font
- qbasic_forever 6y agoAnd god help you if you'd like to add a font. You'll need to read hundreds of pages of mostly out of date documentation. Then track down brusque gatekeepers on IRC and obscure communication channels to plead your case, only to be mocked and told simply, "No." You will be told it's not "the Debian way" and hundreds of pages of more documentation will be thrown at you. Almost certainly someone will quiz you on your knowledge of obscure 90's unix minutia and the writings of Eric S. Raymond. And once you pass that gauntlet your font might be accepted in a few months, at which time it's already way out of date and you start the whole process over again.
- ramses0 6y agoDon't forget getting ridiculed for a "Useless Use of Cat"
- dsr_ 6y agoPretty sure I just wrote out all the steps for you. I'm glad I could save you from that nightmare. Next time try posting to the debian-users mailing list, we hardly ever mock anyone.
- zerocrates 6y agoI believe they were talking in that comment about adding a new font to Debian.
- dsr_ 6y ago