How To Install psautohint on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install psautohint on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is psautohint
psautohint is:
psautohint is the font autohinter from Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType (AFDKO).
This package provides the executable program.
There are three methods to install psautohint on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install psautohint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install psautohint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install psautohint
Install psautohint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install psautohint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install psautohint
Install psautohint 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 psautohint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install psautohint
How To Uninstall psautohint on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the psautohint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove psautohint
Uninstall psautohint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall psautohint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove psautohint
Remove psautohint Configurations and Data
To remove psautohint configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge psautohint
Remove psautohint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove psautohint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge psautohint
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install psautohint package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
