How To Install t1lib on Fedora 34

t1lib is PostScript Type 1 font rasterizer PostScript Type 1 font rasterizer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install t1lib on Fedora 34.

What is `t1lib`

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. t1lib 5.1.2 29.fc34 x86_64 175 k t1lib-5.1.2-29.fc34.src.rpm fedora PostScript Type 1 font rasterizer ftp LGPLv2+ 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 or dnf to install t1lib on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install t1lib.

Install t1lib on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install t1lib

Install t1lib on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install t1lib

How To Uninstall t1lib on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove t1lib

t1lib Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/688b71ef33afb160c978495291f0db6de507cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/deb6baa3cb07bfab2ce213843a99f63adef6b3
/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
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/Changes
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/LGPL
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/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
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7e/3202643458305913511ab5d8720a3f2fff37ec
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7
/usr/lib/.build-id/e7/aada61873a8bd626a54afa0626819ea918a446
/usr/lib/libt1.so.5
/usr/lib/libt1.so.5.1.2
/usr/lib/libt1x.so.5
/usr/lib/libt1x.so.5.1.2
/usr/sbin/t1libconfig
/usr/share/doc/t1lib
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/Changes
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/LGPL
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/t1lib/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 website](ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-5.1.2.lsm ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/libs/graphics/t1lib-5.1.2.lsm)

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install t1lib on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.