How To Install perl-Font-TTFMetrics on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Font-TTFMetrics on CentOS 7.
What is perl-Font-TTFMetrics
Font file. A true type font file contains several tables which need to be parsed before any useful information could be gathered about the font. There is the excellent module for parsing TTF font in CPAN by Martin Hosken, Font Font module was written to support the use of TTF in Pastel 2D graphics library in Perl. Three factors prompted me to write this module first, I required a fast module to access TTF file. Second, all the access required was read-only. Last, I wanted a user friendly, higher level API to access TTF file.
We can use yum or dnf to install perl-Font-TTFMetrics on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install perl-Font-TTFMetrics.
Install perl-Font-TTFMetrics on CentOS 7 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache
After updating yum database, We can install perl-Font-TTFMetrics using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install perl-Font-TTFMetrics
Install perl-Font-TTFMetrics on CentOS 7 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-TTFMetrics using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install perl-Font-TTFMetrics
How To Uninstall perl-Font-TTFMetrics on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the perl-Font-TTFMetrics package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove perl-Font-TTFMetrics
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perl-Font-TTFMetrics on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
