How To Install fonttools on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonttools on CentOS 7.
What is fonttools
TTX/FontTools is a tool for manipulating TrueType and OpenType fonts. It is written in Python and has a BSD-style, open-source license. TTX can dump TrueType and OpenType fonts to an XML-based text format and vice versa.
We can use yum or dnf to install fonttools on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install fonttools.
Install fonttools on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fonttools using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install fonttools
Install fonttools on CentOS 7 Using dnf
If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first.
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache
After updating yum database, We can install fonttools using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install fonttools
How To Uninstall fonttools on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the fonttools package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove fonttools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fonttools on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.