How To Install libttfautohint1 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libttfautohint1 on Debian 11.
What is libttfautohint1
libttfautohint1 is:
This project provides a library which takes a TrueType font as the input, removes its bytecode instructions (if any), and returns a new font where all glyphs are bytecode hinted using the information given by FreeType’s autohinting module. The idea is to provide the excellent quality of the autohinter on platforms which don’t use FreeType.
This package provides a ttfautohint library.
There are three methods to install libttfautohint1 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libttfautohint1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libttfautohint1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libttfautohint1
Install libttfautohint1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libttfautohint1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libttfautohint1
Install libttfautohint1 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 libttfautohint1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libttfautohint1
How To Uninstall libttfautohint1 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the libttfautohint1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libttfautohint1
Uninstall libttfautohint1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libttfautohint1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libttfautohint1
Remove libttfautohint1 Configurations and Data
To remove libttfautohint1 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libttfautohint1
Remove libttfautohint1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libttfautohint1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libttfautohint1
Dependencies
libttfautohint1 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libttfautohint1 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
