How To Install libisfreetype-java on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisfreetype-java on Debian 9.
What is libisfreetype-java
libisfreetype-java is:
The PDF rendering of the Open Source efforts of the company intarsys was in demand of a good font handling library. This new development was motivated by observations that current solutions
- only have poor support for VM
- there is no plain Java library around
- extends the de factor standard C library FreeType This library wraps around the functions that were important for using isNativeC (another library of the same company) and were ready to run on all FreeType supported platforms.
While this wrapper-library binds and uses only a very small subset of the FreeType features available, to the degree that it is needed for the jPodRenderer, it should be no problem to use and enhance this implementation in other contexts.
This package provides a only a link to the very latest version of libisfreetype.
There are three methods to install libisfreetype-java on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libisfreetype-java Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libisfreetype-java using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libisfreetype-java
Install libisfreetype-java Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libisfreetype-java using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libisfreetype-java
Install libisfreetype-java 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 libisfreetype-java using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libisfreetype-java
How To Uninstall libisfreetype-java on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libisfreetype-java package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libisfreetype-java
Uninstall libisfreetype-java And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libisfreetype-java and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libisfreetype-java
Remove libisfreetype-java Configurations and Data
To remove libisfreetype-java configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libisfreetype-java
Remove libisfreetype-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libisfreetype-java configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libisfreetype-java
Dependencies
libisfreetype-java have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libisfreetype-java package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.