How To Install libwoff1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwoff1
libwoff1 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. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntustudio-fonts, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libwoff1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libwoff1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwoff1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwoff1
Install libwoff1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwoff1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwoff1
Install libwoff1 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 libwoff1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwoff1
How To Uninstall libwoff1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwoff1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwoff1
Uninstall libwoff1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwoff1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwoff1
Remove libwoff1 Configurations and Data
To remove libwoff1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwoff1
Remove libwoff1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwoff1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwoff1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwoff1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.