How To Install fonts-glewlwyd on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-glewlwyd on Ubuntu 18.04. fonts-glewlwyd is OAuth2 authentication server providing Json Web Tokens - font files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-glewlwyd on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fonts-glewlwyd

fonts-glewlwyd is:

Lightweight, fast and easy to install on small systems. Requires a MySql or SQLite3 database. Handles LDAP or database for users backend.

The API backend is fully written in language C, it’s based on Ulfius HTTP framework, Hoel database framework and Libjwt JSON Web Tokens library.

This package contains the needed fonts.

There are three methods to install fonts-glewlwyd 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 fonts-glewlwyd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-glewlwyd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fonts-glewlwyd

Install fonts-glewlwyd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fonts-glewlwyd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fonts-glewlwyd

Install fonts-glewlwyd 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 fonts-glewlwyd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fonts-glewlwyd

How To Uninstall fonts-glewlwyd on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fonts-glewlwyd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fonts-glewlwyd

Uninstall fonts-glewlwyd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fonts-glewlwyd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fonts-glewlwyd

Remove fonts-glewlwyd Configurations and Data

To remove fonts-glewlwyd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fonts-glewlwyd

Remove fonts-glewlwyd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fonts-glewlwyd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fonts-glewlwyd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fonts-glewlwyd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.