How To Install mknfonts.tool on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mknfonts.tool on Debian 9.

What is mknfonts.tool

mknfonts.tool is:

This doesn’t completely automate the process of creating nfont-packages, but it can do most of the bulk work for you.

This works with .ttf, .pfa, .pfb, .afm, most formats that freetype can handle and provide postscript names for.

There are three methods to install mknfonts.tool 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 mknfonts.tool Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mknfonts.tool

Install mknfonts.tool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mknfonts.tool using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mknfonts.tool

Install mknfonts.tool 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 mknfonts.tool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mknfonts.tool

How To Uninstall mknfonts.tool on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mknfonts.tool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mknfonts.tool

Uninstall mknfonts.tool And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mknfonts.tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mknfonts.tool

Remove mknfonts.tool Configurations and Data

To remove mknfonts.tool configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mknfonts.tool

Remove mknfonts.tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mknfonts.tool

Dependencies

mknfonts.tool have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libfreetype6
• libgnustep-base1.24
• libobjc4

References

• mknfonts.tool website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mknfonts.tool package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.