How To Install python3-vttlib on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vttlib on Debian 12.
What is python3-vttlib
python3-vttlib is:
A library to:
- Extract VTT hinting data from a OpenType font prepared with Microsoft Visual TrueType (VTT) and store it in a FontTools TTX dump
- Merge it back from a TTX dump into an OpenType font and
- Compile the data inside to font to ship it (turn TSI* tables into fpgm, etc.).
The primary use case is version control of hinting data of fonts.
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-vttlib 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-vttlib 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-vttlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-vttlib
Install python3-vttlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-vttlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-vttlib
Install python3-vttlib 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-vttlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-vttlib
How To Uninstall python3-vttlib on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-vttlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-vttlib
Uninstall python3-vttlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-vttlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-vttlib
Remove python3-vttlib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-vttlib configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-vttlib
Remove python3-vttlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-vttlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-vttlib
Dependencies
python3-vttlib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-vttlib package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
