How To Install python3-graphite2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-graphite2 on Debian 12.
What is python3-graphite2
python3-graphite2 is:
Graphite is a system that can be used to create and use “smart fonts” capable of displaying writing systems with various complex behaviors, such as: contextual shaping, ligatures, reordering, split glyphs, bidirectionality, stacking diacritics and complex positioning.
This library was designed and developed by the NRSI (Non-Roman Script Initiative) within SIL International (www.sil.org) to act as a complement to other smart font rendering technologies with limited practical local extensibility. Its purpose is to help meet the needs of a very large number of “minority language” communities for local extensibility of complex script behaviors.
The behavior of the rendering engine for a given writing system is specified through extra tables added to a TrueType font. These tables are generated by compiling a GDL (Graphite Description Language) source file into a font using grcompiler.
This package contains the Python 3 bindings for libgraphite2.
There are three methods to install python3-graphite2 on Debian 12. 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-graphite2 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-graphite2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-graphite2
Install python3-graphite2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-graphite2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-graphite2
Install python3-graphite2 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-graphite2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-graphite2
How To Uninstall python3-graphite2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-graphite2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-graphite2
Uninstall python3-graphite2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-graphite2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-graphite2
Remove python3-graphite2 Configurations and Data
To remove python3-graphite2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-graphite2
Remove python3-graphite2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-graphite2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-graphite2
Dependencies
python3-graphite2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-graphite2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
