How To Install psautohint on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install psautohint
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is psautohint
psautohint is:
psautohint is a standalone version of the autohinter from the Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO).
This package provides the executable program.
There are three methods to install psautohint
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install psautohint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install psautohint
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install psautohint
Install psautohint Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install psautohint
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install psautohint
Install psautohint 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 psautohint
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install psautohint
How To Uninstall psautohint on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the psautohint
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove psautohint
Uninstall psautohint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall psautohint
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove psautohint
Remove psautohint Configurations and Data
To remove psautohint
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge psautohint
Remove psautohint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove psautohint
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psautohint
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install psautohint
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.