How To Install fontypython on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontypython on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fontypython
fontypython is:
You can quickly view and filter arbitrary TTF, TTC, OTF or Type1 font files and then gather them together into ‘pogs’ which can be installed or removed as needed. In this way you control which fonts are installed on a per-project basis. It is written in Python and WxWidgets.
There are three methods to install fontypython 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 fontypython Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fontypython using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fontypython
Install fontypython Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fontypython using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fontypython
Install fontypython 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 fontypython using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fontypython
How To Uninstall fontypython on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fontypython package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fontypython
Uninstall fontypython And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fontypython and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fontypython
Remove fontypython Configurations and Data
To remove fontypython configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fontypython
Remove fontypython configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fontypython configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fontypython
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fontypython package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
