How To Install vflib3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vflib3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vflib3-dev
vflib3-dev is:
VFlib3 is a font rasterizer library for multi-lingual information processing. Using VFlib3, you can obtain bitmap data of characters(glyphs) from various fonts in a unified manner.
VFlib3 can handle almost all font formats available - it now supports PK, GF, VF, TFM, OFM level 0, OVF, PCF, BDF, HBF, Syotai-Club, JG, eKanji and more. TrueType and Type 1 fonts are also supported via FreeType2. Font search via kpathsea is supported, too.
This package contains the header file and static library for developing with VFlib3.
There are three methods to install vflib3-dev 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 vflib3-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vflib3-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vflib3-dev
Install vflib3-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vflib3-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vflib3-dev
Install vflib3-dev 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 vflib3-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vflib3-dev
How To Uninstall vflib3-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vflib3-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vflib3-dev
Uninstall vflib3-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vflib3-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vflib3-dev
Remove vflib3-dev Configurations and Data
To remove vflib3-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vflib3-dev
Remove vflib3-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vflib3-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vflib3-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vflib3-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
