How To Install birdfont on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install birdfont on Debian 9.
What is birdfont
birdfont is:
Birdfont is a free, open source font editor that lets you create outline vector graphics and export ttf, eot & svg fonts.
There are three methods to install birdfont on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install birdfont Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install birdfont using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install birdfont
Install birdfont Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install birdfont using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install birdfont
Install birdfont 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install birdfont using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install birdfont
How To Uninstall birdfont on Debian 9
To uninstall only the birdfont package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove birdfont
Uninstall birdfont And Its Dependencies
To uninstall birdfont and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove birdfont
Remove birdfont Configurations and Data
To remove birdfont configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge birdfont
Remove birdfont configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove birdfont configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge birdfont
Dependencies
birdfont have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo-gobject2
- libcairo2
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libgee-0.8-2
- libglib2.0-0
- libgtk-3-0
- libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18
- libnotify4
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libsoup2.4-1
- libsqlite3-0
- libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
- libxmlbird1
- fonts-roboto
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install birdfont package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.