How To Install python-nototools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nototools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-nototools
python-nototools is:
Noto is a collection of font families, each visually harmonized across scripts.
The name “Noto” is short for “No Tofu”, describing the aim of covering all living Unicode scripts.
Tofu (豆腐) is Japanese jargon for unicode replacement character “�” (U+FFFD) often displayed as replacement for unassigned or unknown characters.
This package contains Python scripts used to maintain the fonts.
There are three methods to install python-nototools 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-nototools 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-nototools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-nototools
Install python-nototools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-nototools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-nototools
Install python-nototools 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-nototools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-nototools
How To Uninstall python-nototools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-nototools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-nototools
Uninstall python-nototools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-nototools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-nototools
Remove python-nototools Configurations and Data
To remove python-nototools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-nototools
Remove python-nototools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-nototools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-nototools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-nototools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
