How To Install libgraphite2-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgraphite2-utils
libgraphite2-utils 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 package contains gr2fonttest.
There are three methods to install libgraphite2-utils 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 libgraphite2-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgraphite2-utils
Install libgraphite2-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgraphite2-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgraphite2-utils
Install libgraphite2-utils 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 libgraphite2-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgraphite2-utils
How To Uninstall libgraphite2-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgraphite2-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgraphite2-utils
Uninstall libgraphite2-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgraphite2-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphite2-utils
Remove libgraphite2-utils Configurations and Data
To remove libgraphite2-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphite2-utils
Remove libgraphite2-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgraphite2-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphite2-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphite2-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
