How To Install fontforge-nox on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontforge-nox on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fontforge-nox
fontforge-nox is:
FontForge is a font editor. Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats.
This package also provides these programs and utilities: fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image; fontlint - checks the font for certain common errors; sfddiff - compare two font files.
This package contains a version of FontForge compiled with support for scripting but no GUI, and not require the graphics library.
There are three methods to install fontforge-nox on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fontforge-nox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fontforge-nox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fontforge-nox
Install fontforge-nox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fontforge-nox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fontforge-nox
Install fontforge-nox 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 fontforge-nox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fontforge-nox
How To Uninstall fontforge-nox on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fontforge-nox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fontforge-nox
Uninstall fontforge-nox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fontforge-nox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fontforge-nox
Remove fontforge-nox Configurations and Data
To remove fontforge-nox configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fontforge-nox
Remove fontforge-nox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fontforge-nox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fontforge-nox
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontforge-nox package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
