How To Install woff2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install woff2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is woff2
woff2 is:
woff2 is a library for converting fonts from the TTF format to the WOFF 2.0 format. The library also allows decompression from WOFF 2.0 to TTF.
The WOFF 2.0 format uses the Brotli compression algorithm to compress fonts suitable for use in CSS @font-face rules. WOFF 2.0 is a W3C Candidate Recommendation.
This package contains the woff2_compress, woff2_decompress, and woff2_info utilities.
There are three methods to install woff2 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 woff2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install woff2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install woff2
Install woff2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install woff2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install woff2
Install woff2 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 woff2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install woff2
How To Uninstall woff2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the woff2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove woff2
Uninstall woff2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall woff2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove woff2
Remove woff2 Configurations and Data
To remove woff2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge woff2
Remove woff2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove woff2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge woff2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install woff2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
