How To Install libotf0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libotf0
libotf0 is:
The libotf library provides the following facilities:
- Read Open Type Layout Tables from OTF file. Currently these tables are supported; head, name, cmap, GDEF, GSUB, and GPOS.
- Convert a Unicode character sequence to a glyph code sequence by using the above tables.
The combination of libotf and the FreeType library (Ver.2) realizes CTL (complex text layout) by OpenType fonts.
This package contains the runtime part of libotf. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal-default-languages, ubuntu-desktop-default-languages
There are three methods to install libotf0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libotf0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libotf0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libotf0
Install libotf0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libotf0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libotf0
Install libotf0 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 libotf0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libotf0
How To Uninstall libotf0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libotf0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libotf0
Uninstall libotf0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libotf0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotf0
Remove libotf0 Configurations and Data
To remove libotf0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libotf0
Remove libotf0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libotf0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotf0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
