How To Install woff-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install woff-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is woff-tools
woff-tools is:
This package provides two tools:
- sfnt2woff: convert OpenType fonts to WOFF fonts,
- woff2sfnt: convert WOFF fonts to OpenType fonts.
There are three methods to install woff-tools 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 woff-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install woff-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install woff-tools
Install woff-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install woff-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install woff-tools
Install woff-tools 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 woff-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install woff-tools
How To Uninstall woff-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the woff-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove woff-tools
Uninstall woff-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall woff-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove woff-tools
Remove woff-tools Configurations and Data
To remove woff-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge woff-tools
Remove woff-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove woff-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge woff-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install woff-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
