How To Install otf2bdf on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install otf2bdf on Debian 10.
What is otf2bdf
otf2bdf is:
otf2bdf is a command line utility that uses the FreeType 2 font rendering library to generate BDF bitmap fonts from OpenType outline fonts at different sizes and resolutions.
There are three methods to install otf2bdf 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 otf2bdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install otf2bdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install otf2bdf
Install otf2bdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install otf2bdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install otf2bdf
Install otf2bdf 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 otf2bdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install otf2bdf
How To Uninstall otf2bdf on Debian 10
To uninstall only the otf2bdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove otf2bdf
Uninstall otf2bdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall otf2bdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove otf2bdf
Remove otf2bdf Configurations and Data
To remove otf2bdf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge otf2bdf
Remove otf2bdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove otf2bdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge otf2bdf
Dependencies
otf2bdf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install otf2bdf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.