How To Install gbdfed on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbdfed on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gbdfed
gbdfed is:
gbdfed lets you interactively create new bitmap font files or modify existing ones. It allows editing multiple fonts and multiple glyphs, it allows cut and paste operations between fonts and glyphs and editing font properties. The editor works natively with BDF fonts.
This editor is the successor of xmbdfed and is using the GTK+ toolkit instead of the Motif toolkit for better user experience.
There are three methods to install gbdfed 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 gbdfed Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gbdfed using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gbdfed
Install gbdfed Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gbdfed using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gbdfed
Install gbdfed 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 gbdfed using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gbdfed
How To Uninstall gbdfed on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gbdfed package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gbdfed
Uninstall gbdfed And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gbdfed and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gbdfed
Remove gbdfed Configurations and Data
To remove gbdfed configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gbdfed
Remove gbdfed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gbdfed configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gbdfed
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gbdfed package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
