Debian 7 Wheezy: install Chinese fonts

1. Install Chinese fonts:

   sudo apt-get install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp fonts-arphic-bsmi00lp fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp
   sudo apt-get install fonts-droid ttf-droid 
   sudo apt-get install ttf-wqy-zenhei ttf-wqy-microhei xfonts-wqy
   sudo apt-get install fonts-arphic-ukai ttf-arphic-ukai fonts-arphic-uming ttf-arphic-uming
   

2. Font config:

   vi ~/.fonts.conf

   <?xmlversion='1.0'encoding='utf-8'?>
   <!DOCTYPE fontconfig SYSTEM 'fonts.dtd'>
   <fontconfig>
   <!-- prefered fonts -->
   <alias>
       <family>serif</family>
       <prefer>
           <family>DejaVu Serif</family>
           <family>Bitstream Vera Serif</family>
           <family>Evermore Song</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Bitmap Song</family>
           <family>AR PL UMing CN</family>
           <family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
           <family>Droid Sans Fallback</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Micro Hei</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Zen Hei</family>
       </prefer>
   </alias>
   <alias>
       <family>sans-serif</family>
       <prefer>
           <family>DejaVu Sans</family>
           <family>Bitstream Vera Sans</family>
           <family>Evermore Song</family>
           <family>Droid Sans Fallback</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Micro Hei</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Bitmap Song</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Zen Hei</family>
           <family>AR PL UMing CN</family>
           <family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
       </prefer>
   </alias>
   <alias>
       <family>monospace</family>
       <prefer>
           <family>DejaVu Sans Mono</family>
           <family>Bitstream Vera Sans Mono</family>
           <family>Evermore Song</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Micro Hei Mono</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Zen Hei Mono</family>
           <family>Droid Sans Fallback</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Bitmap Song</family>
           <family>AR PL UMing CN</family>
           <family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
       </prefer>
   </alias>
   <!-- Default Alias -->
   <alias>
       <family>DejaVu Sans</family>
       <default>
           <family>sans-serif</family>
       </default>
   </alias>
   <!-- Generic font families -->
   <match target="pattern">
       <test name="family" qual="any">
           <string>serif</string>
       </test>
       <edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
           <string>DejaVu Serif</string>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="pattern">
       <test name="family" qual="any">
           <string>sans-serif</string>
       </test>
       <edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
           <string>DejaVu Sans</string>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="pattern">
       <test name="family" qual="any">
           <string>monospace</string>
       </test>
       <edit binding="strong" mode="prepend" name="family">
           <string>DejaVu Sans Mono</string>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <!-- Anti-alias -->
   <match target="font">
       <edit name="embeddedbitmap">
           <bool>false</bool>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <!-- WenQuanYi Bitmap Song -->
   <selectfont>
       <acceptfont>
           <pattern>
               <patelt name="family">
                   <string>WenQuanYi Bitmap Song</string>
               </patelt>
           </pattern>
       </acceptfont>
   </selectfont>
   <match target="pattern">
       <test name="family" qual="any">
       <string>WenQuanYi Bitmap Song</string>
       </test>
       <test compare="less" name="pixelsize" qual="any">
           <double>12</double>
       </test>
       <edit mode="assign" name="family">
           <string>WenQuanYi Micro Hei</string>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="pattern">
       <test name="family" qual="any">
           <string>WenQuanYi Bitmap Song</string>
       </test>
       <test compare="more" name="pixelsize" qual="any">
           <double>16</double>
       </test>
       <edit mode="assign" name="family">
           <string>AR PL ShanHeiSun</string>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <!-- Alias -->
   <alias>
       <family>SimSun</family>
       <family>宋体</family>
       <accept>
           <family>LiHei Pro</family>
           <family>Evermore Song</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Bitmap Song</family>
           <family>AR PL ShanHeiSun Uni</family>
       </accept>
       <default>
           <family>serif</family>
       </default>
   </alias>
   <alias>
       <family>SimHei</family>
       <family>黑体</family>
       <accept>
           <family>LiHei Pro</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Micro Hei</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Zen Hei</family>
       </accept>
       <default>
           <family>sans-serif</family>
       </default>
   </alias>
   <alias>
       <family>微软雅黑</family>
       <family>Microsoft YaHei</family>
       <accept>
           <family>LiHei Pro</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Micro Hei</family>
           <family>WenQuanYi Zen Hei</family>
       </accept>
       <default>
           <family>sans-serif</family>
       </default>
   </alias>
   <!-- -->
   <match target="font">
       <edit mode="assign" name="rgba">
           <const>rgb</const>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="font">
       <edit mode="assign" name="hinting">
           <bool>true</bool>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="font">
       <edit mode="assign" name="hintstyle">
           <const>hintfull</const>
       </edit>
   </match>
   <match target="font">
       <edit mode="assign" name="antialias">
           <bool>true</bool>
       </edit>
   </match>
   </fontconfig>

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If you just need basic chinese fonts. Just install the following:

sudo apt-get install fonts-arphic-bkai00mp fonts-arphic-bsmi00lp fonts-arphic-gbsn00lp ttf-arphic-bkai00mp ttf-arphic-bsmi00lp ttf-arphic-gbsn00lp