How To Install pcf2bdf on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcf2bdf
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pcf2bdf
pcf2bdf is:
Pcf2bdf is a font de-compiler. It converts an X11 font from Portable Compiled Format (PCF) to Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF).
FONTBOUNDINGBOX in a BDF file is not used by bdftopcf, so pcf2bdf generates irresponsible values.
There are three methods to install pcf2bdf
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 pcf2bdf Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pcf2bdf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pcf2bdf
Install pcf2bdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pcf2bdf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pcf2bdf
Install pcf2bdf 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 pcf2bdf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pcf2bdf
How To Uninstall pcf2bdf on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pcf2bdf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pcf2bdf
Uninstall pcf2bdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pcf2bdf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pcf2bdf
Remove pcf2bdf Configurations and Data
To remove pcf2bdf
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pcf2bdf
Remove pcf2bdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pcf2bdf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pcf2bdf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pcf2bdf
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.