How To Install ttmkfdir on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ttmkfdir on CentOS 8.
What is ttmkfdir
ttmkfdir is a utility used to create fonts.scale files in TrueType font directories in order to prepare them for use by the font server.
We can use yum or dnf to install ttmkfdir on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ttmkfdir.
Install ttmkfdir on CentOS 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ttmkfdir using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install ttmkfdir
Install ttmkfdir on CentOS 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
The output should look something like this:
CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream 43 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS 65 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease 43 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras 23 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack 40 kB/s | 3.0 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability 36 kB/s | 3.9 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus 24 kB/s | 1.5 kB 00:00
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools 50 kB/s | 4.3 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64 13 kB/s | 9.2 kB 00:00
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64 24 kB/s | 8.5 kB 00:00
Metadata cache created.
After updating yum database, We can install ttmkfdir using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install ttmkfdir
How To Uninstall ttmkfdir on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the ttmkfdir package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove ttmkfdir
ttmkfdir Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/bin/ttmkfdir
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2
/usr/lib/.build-id/b2/a2fdb18d18b1f7684ca4d5d4016cd76fc280f6
/usr/share/doc/ttmkfdir
/usr/share/doc/ttmkfdir/README
/usr/share/man/man1/ttmkfdir.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ttmkfdir on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.