Install Google Noto Color Emoji on Debian based systems

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Noto is a font family comprising over 100 individual fonts, which are together designed to cover all the scripts encoded in the Unicode standard. NotoColorEmoji uses the CBDT/CBLC color font format, which is supported by Android and Chrome/Chromium OS. Windows supports it starting with Windows 10 Anniversary Update in Chrome and Edge.

Source 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noto_fonts. Source 2: https://github.com/googlefonts/noto-emoji.

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Installation

Installation of Google Noto Color Emoji on Debian based systems:

  1. Open Terminal/Shell and type this command: sudo apt-get install fonts-noto-color-emoji. Confirm the command with a password if necessary!
  2. Done! Google Noto Color Emoji, is installed.

Uninstall

Uninstallation/removing of Google Noto Color Emoji on Debian based systems:

  1. Open Terminal/Shell and type this command: sudo apt-get remove fonts-noto-color-emoji. Confirm the command with a password if necessary!
  2. Done! Google Noto Color Emoji, is removed/uninstalled.