How To Install libwoff-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libwoff-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libwoff-dev is library for converting fonts to WOFF 2.0 - development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff-dev on Debian 10.

What is libwoff-dev

libwoff-dev is:

woff2 is a library for converting fonts from the TTF format to the WOFF 2.0 format. The library also allows decompression from WOFF 2.0 to TTF.

The WOFF 2.0 format uses the Brotli compression algorithm to compress fonts suitable for use in CSS @font-face rules. WOFF 2.0 is a W3C Candidate Recommendation.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install libwoff-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libwoff-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 libwoff-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libwoff-dev

Install libwoff-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libwoff-dev

Install libwoff-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 libwoff-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libwoff-dev

How To Uninstall libwoff-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libwoff-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libwoff-dev

Uninstall libwoff-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libwoff-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwoff-dev

Remove libwoff-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libwoff-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libwoff-dev

Remove libwoff-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwoff-dev

Dependencies

libwoff-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.