How To Install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttfautohint-devel in Fedora 36. ttfautohint-devel is Development files for ttfautohint-libs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36.

What is ttfautohint-devel

libttfautohint is a library which takes a TrueType font as the input, removes its bytecode instructions (if any), and returns a new font where all glyphs are bytecode hinted using the information given by FreeType’s autohinting module. The idea is to provide the excellent quality of the autohinter on platforms which don’t use FreeType.

We can use yum or dnf to install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ttfautohint-devel.

Install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ttfautohint-devel

Install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ttfautohint-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ttfautohint-devel

How To Uninstall ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ttfautohint-devel package we can use the following command: title: “How To Install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36”

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sudo dnf remove ttfautohint-devel

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ttfautohint-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install `ttfautohint-devel` on Fedora 36.

### What is `ttfautohint-devel`

> libttfautohint is a library which takes a TrueType font as the input, removes its bytecode instructions (if any), and returns a new font where all glyphs are bytecode hinted using the information given by FreeType's autohinting module. The idea is to provide the excellent quality of the autohinter on platforms which don't use FreeType.  

We can use `yum` or `dnf` to install `ttfautohint-devel` on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install ttfautohint-devel.

## Install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install ttfautohint-devel

Install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install ttfautohint-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install ttfautohint-devel

How To Uninstall ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the ttfautohint-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove ttfautohint-devel

ttfautohint-devel Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/include/ttfautohint-coverages.h
/usr/include/ttfautohint-errors.h
/usr/include/ttfautohint-scripts.h
/usr/include/ttfautohint.h
/usr/lib64/libttfautohint.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/ttfautohint.pc
/usr/share/licenses/ttfautohint-devel
/usr/share/licenses/ttfautohint-devel/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ttfautohint-devel on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).

/usr/include/ttfautohint-coverages.h /usr/include/ttfautohint-errors.h /usr/include/ttfautohint-scripts.h /usr/include/ttfautohint.h /usr/lib/libttfautohint.so /usr/lib/pkgconfig/ttfautohint.pc /usr/share/licenses/ttfautohint-devel /usr/share/licenses/ttfautohint-devel/COPYING


## References

* [ttfautohint-devel website](http://www.freetype.org/ttfautohint)

## Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install `ttfautohint-devel` on [Fedora 36](/fedora/36/) using [yum](/fedora/36/yum/) and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).