How To Install libfontconfig1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontconfig1
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfontconfig1
libfontconfig1 is:
Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications.
This package contains the runtime library needed to launch applications using fontconfig. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libfontconfig1
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfontconfig1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfontconfig1
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfontconfig1
Install libfontconfig1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfontconfig1
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfontconfig1
Install libfontconfig1 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 libfontconfig1
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfontconfig1
How To Uninstall libfontconfig1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfontconfig1
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfontconfig1
Uninstall libfontconfig1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfontconfig1
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfontconfig1
Remove libfontconfig1 Configurations and Data
To remove libfontconfig1
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfontconfig1
Remove libfontconfig1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfontconfig1
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfontconfig1
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfontconfig1
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.