How To Install fontforge-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontforge-dbg
on Debian 9.
What is fontforge-dbg
fontforge-dbg is:
FontForge is a font editor. Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats.
This package contains the debugging symbols for fontforge.
There are three methods to install fontforge-dbg
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fontforge-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fontforge-dbg
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fontforge-dbg
Install fontforge-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fontforge-dbg
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fontforge-dbg
Install fontforge-dbg 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 fontforge-dbg
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fontforge-dbg
How To Uninstall fontforge-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fontforge-dbg
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fontforge-dbg
Uninstall fontforge-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fontforge-dbg
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fontforge-dbg
Remove fontforge-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove fontforge-dbg
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fontforge-dbg
Remove fontforge-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fontforge-dbg
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fontforge-dbg
Dependencies
fontforge-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontforge-dbg
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.