How To Install braillefont on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install braillefont
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is braillefont
braillefont is:
braillefont runs interactively on the console - one can enter a (short) text, that will be converted into a bitmapped version and printed using the Braille range of Unicode.
There are three methods to install braillefont
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install braillefont Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install braillefont
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install braillefont
Install braillefont Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install braillefont
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install braillefont
Install braillefont 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install braillefont
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install braillefont
How To Uninstall braillefont on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the braillefont
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove braillefont
Uninstall braillefont And Its Dependencies
To uninstall braillefont
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove braillefont
Remove braillefont Configurations and Data
To remove braillefont
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge braillefont
Remove braillefont configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove braillefont
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge braillefont
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install braillefont
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.