How To Install glyphslib on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glyphslib
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is glyphslib
glyphslib is:
This tool provides conversions between Glyphs source files (.glyphs) and Unified Font Objects (UFOs) via defcon.
This package provides the executable program.
There are three methods to install glyphslib
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install glyphslib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glyphslib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glyphslib
Install glyphslib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glyphslib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glyphslib
Install glyphslib 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install glyphslib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glyphslib
How To Uninstall glyphslib on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the glyphslib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glyphslib
Uninstall glyphslib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glyphslib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glyphslib
Remove glyphslib Configurations and Data
To remove glyphslib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glyphslib
Remove glyphslib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glyphslib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glyphslib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glyphslib
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.