How To Install python-fontconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fontconfig
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-fontconfig
python-fontconfig is:
This package contains the extension built for the Python interpreter.
There are three methods to install python-fontconfig
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-fontconfig Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fontconfig
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-fontconfig
Install python-fontconfig Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-fontconfig
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-fontconfig
Install python-fontconfig 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 python-fontconfig
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-fontconfig
How To Uninstall python-fontconfig on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-fontconfig
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-fontconfig
Uninstall python-fontconfig And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-fontconfig
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-fontconfig
Remove python-fontconfig Configurations and Data
To remove python-fontconfig
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-fontconfig
Remove python-fontconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-fontconfig
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-fontconfig
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-fontconfig
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.