How To Install libotf1 on Debian 12

Learn how to install libotf1 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libotf1 is Library for handling OpenType Font - runtime

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf1 on Debian 12.

What is libotf1

libotf1 is:

The libotf library provides the following facilities:

  • Read Open Type Layout Tables from OTF file. Currently these tables are supported; head, name, cmap, GDEF, GSUB, and GPOS.
  • Convert a Unicode character sequence to a glyph code sequence by using the above tables.

The combination of libotf and the FreeType library (Ver.2) realizes CTL (complex text layout) by OpenType fonts.

This package contains the runtime part of libotf.

There are three methods to install libotf1 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libotf1 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libotf1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libotf1

Install libotf1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libotf1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libotf1

Install libotf1 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 libotf1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libotf1

How To Uninstall libotf1 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the libotf1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libotf1

Uninstall libotf1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libotf1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libotf1

Remove libotf1 Configurations and Data

To remove libotf1 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libotf1

Remove libotf1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libotf1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libotf1

Dependencies

libotf1 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libotf1 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.