How To Install libgraphite2-3 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-3 on Debian 11. libgraphite2-3 is Font rendering engine for Complex Scripts – library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-3 on Debian 11.

What is libgraphite2-3

libgraphite2-3 is:

Graphite is a system that can be used to create and use “smart fonts” capable of displaying writing systems with various complex behaviors, such as: contextual shaping, ligatures, reordering, split glyphs, bidirectionality, stacking diacritics and complex positioning.

This library was designed and developed by the NRSI (Non-Roman Script Initiative) within SIL International (www.sil.org) to act as a complement to other smart font rendering technologies with limited practical local extensibility. Its purpose is to help meet the needs of a very large number of “minority language” communities for local extensibility of complex script behaviors.

The behavior of the rendering engine for a given writing system is specified through extra tables added to a TrueType font. These tables are generated by compiling a GDL (Graphite Description Language) source file into a font using grcompiler.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libgraphite2-3 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libgraphite2-3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraphite2-3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgraphite2-3

Install libgraphite2-3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraphite2-3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgraphite2-3

Install libgraphite2-3 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libgraphite2-3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgraphite2-3

How To Uninstall libgraphite2-3 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libgraphite2-3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgraphite2-3

Uninstall libgraphite2-3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgraphite2-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphite2-3

Remove libgraphite2-3 Configurations and Data

To remove libgraphite2-3 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphite2-3

Remove libgraphite2-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgraphite2-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphite2-3

Dependencies

libgraphite2-3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-3 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.