How To Install libttfautohint-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libttfautohint-dev on Debian 12.
What is libttfautohint-dev
libttfautohint-dev is:
This project provides a library which takes a TrueType font as the input, removes its bytecode instructions (if any), and returns a new font where all glyphs are bytecode hinted using the information given by FreeType’s autohinting module. The idea is to provide the excellent quality of the autohinter on platforms which don’t use FreeType.
This package provides ttfautohint library development files.
There are three methods to install libttfautohint-dev 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 libttfautohint-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libttfautohint-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libttfautohint-dev
Install libttfautohint-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libttfautohint-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libttfautohint-dev
Install libttfautohint-dev 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 libttfautohint-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libttfautohint-dev
How To Uninstall libttfautohint-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libttfautohint-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libttfautohint-dev
Uninstall libttfautohint-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libttfautohint-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libttfautohint-dev
Remove libttfautohint-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libttfautohint-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libttfautohint-dev
Remove libttfautohint-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libttfautohint-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libttfautohint-dev
Dependencies
libttfautohint-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libttfautohint-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
