How To Install libfontconfig-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontconfig-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. libfontconfig-doc is generic font configuration library - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontconfig-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libfontconfig-doc

libfontconfig-doc is:

Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications.

This package contains the documentation for fontconfig.

There are three methods to install libfontconfig-doc 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 libfontconfig-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfontconfig-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfontconfig-doc

Install libfontconfig-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfontconfig-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfontconfig-doc

Install libfontconfig-doc 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 libfontconfig-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfontconfig-doc

How To Uninstall libfontconfig-doc on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libfontconfig-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfontconfig-doc

Uninstall libfontconfig-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfontconfig-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfontconfig-doc

Remove libfontconfig-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libfontconfig-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfontconfig-doc

Remove libfontconfig-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfontconfig-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfontconfig-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontconfig-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.