How To Install googlefontdirectory-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install googlefontdirectory-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is googlefontdirectory-tools
googlefontdirectory-tools is:
This package contains a collection of tools used by the Google Font Directory to work with fonts.
The package includes scripts to:
- Generate ttf and otf fonts from sfd source files
- Generate sfd source files from ttf and otf fonts
- Generate font files with a subset of characters
- Generate namelist files
- Convert otf elements to ttf equivalents
- Merge two font files into one
- Auto-set and analyse PREP hinting and hinting tables
- Setting GASP tables in font files
- Analyse bounding boxes
- Compare Unicode points and glyph names
There are three methods to install googlefontdirectory-tools 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 googlefontdirectory-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install googlefontdirectory-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install googlefontdirectory-tools
Install googlefontdirectory-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install googlefontdirectory-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install googlefontdirectory-tools
Install googlefontdirectory-tools 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 googlefontdirectory-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install googlefontdirectory-tools
How To Uninstall googlefontdirectory-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the googlefontdirectory-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove googlefontdirectory-tools
Uninstall googlefontdirectory-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall googlefontdirectory-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove googlefontdirectory-tools
Remove googlefontdirectory-tools Configurations and Data
To remove googlefontdirectory-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge googlefontdirectory-tools
Remove googlefontdirectory-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove googlefontdirectory-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge googlefontdirectory-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install googlefontdirectory-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
