How To Install python3-fontforge on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fontforge
on Debian 11.
What is python3-fontforge
python3-fontforge is:
FontForge is a font editor. Use it to create, edit and convert fonts in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master, and many other formats.
This package provides the Python modules (the libraries fontforge and psMat) to access a FontForge program for font manipulations.
There are three methods to install python3-fontforge
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-fontforge Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-fontforge
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-fontforge
Install python3-fontforge Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-fontforge
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-fontforge
Install python3-fontforge 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 python3-fontforge
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-fontforge
How To Uninstall python3-fontforge on Debian 11
To uninstall only the python3-fontforge
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-fontforge
Uninstall python3-fontforge And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-fontforge
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fontforge
Remove python3-fontforge Configurations and Data
To remove python3-fontforge
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fontforge
Remove python3-fontforge configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-fontforge
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-fontforge
Dependencies
python3-fontforge have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fontforge
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.