How To Install t1lib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install t1lib.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. t1lib.x86_64 is PostScript Type 1 font rasterizer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install t1lib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is `t1lib.x86_64`

T1lib is a rasterizer library for Adobe Type 1 Fonts. It supports rotation and transformation, kerning underlining and antialiasing. It does not depend on X11, but does provides some special functions for X11. AFM-files can be generated from Type 1 font files and font subsetting is possible.

We can use yum to install t1lib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install t1lib.x86_64.

Install t1lib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install t1lib.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install t1lib.x86_64

How To Uninstall t1lib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the t1lib.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove t1lib.x86_64

t1lib.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib64/libt1.so.5
/usr/lib64/libt1.so.5.1.2
/usr/lib64/libt1x.so.5
/usr/lib64/libt1x.so.5.1.2
/usr/sbin/t1libconfig
/usr/share/doc/t1lib-5.1.2
/usr/share/doc/t1lib-5.1.2/Changes
/usr/share/doc/t1lib-5.1.2/LGPL
/usr/share/doc/t1lib-5.1.2/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/t1lib-5.1.2/README
/usr/share/man/man5/FontDatabase.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/t1libconfig.8.gz
/usr/share/t1lib
/usr/share/t1lib/FontDatabase
/usr/share/t1lib/t1lib.config

References

t1lib.x86_64 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install t1lib.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.