How To Install perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8. perl-Font-TTF is Perl library for modifying TTF font files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8.

What is perl-Font-TTF

Perl module for TrueType font hacking. Supports reading, processing and writing of the following tables fdsc, feat, fpgm, glyf, hdmx, head, hhea, hmtx, kern, loca, maxp, mort, name, post, prep, prop, vhea, vmtx and the reading and writing of all other table types. In short, you can do almost anything with a standard TrueType font with this module.

We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Font-TTF.

Install perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Font-TTF using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install perl-Font-TTF

Install perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install perl-Font-TTF using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install perl-Font-TTF

How To Uninstall perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the perl-Font-TTF package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove perl-Font-TTF

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Font-TTF on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.