How To Install sortsmill-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sortsmill-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sortsmill-tools
sortsmill-tools is:
This package contains tools for designers of digital fonts, including tools enhancing FontForge and tools to build TrueType (TTF), OpenType (OTF) and Embedded OpenType (EOT) binary font files.
There are three methods to install sortsmill-tools 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 sortsmill-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sortsmill-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sortsmill-tools
Install sortsmill-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sortsmill-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sortsmill-tools
Install sortsmill-tools 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 sortsmill-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sortsmill-tools
How To Uninstall sortsmill-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sortsmill-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sortsmill-tools
Uninstall sortsmill-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sortsmill-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sortsmill-tools
Remove sortsmill-tools Configurations and Data
To remove sortsmill-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sortsmill-tools
Remove sortsmill-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sortsmill-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sortsmill-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sortsmill-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
