How To Install libfreetype6 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreetype6 on Ubuntu.
What is libfreetype6
libfreetype6 is:
The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free, portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography. They specifically target embedded systems and focus on providing small, efficient and ubiquitous products.
The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been designed to provide the following important features:
- A universal and simple API to manage font files
- Support for several font formats through loadable modules
- High-quality anti-aliasing
- High portability & performance
Supported font formats include:
- TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc)
- Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format
- Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides routines to manage design instances easily
- Type 1 CID-keyed fonts
- OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts
- CFF/Type 2 fonts
- Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with the Adobe SVG viewer plugin.
- Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts
This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the FreeType 2 library.
There are three methods to install libfreetype6 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfreetype6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreetype6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfreetype6
Install libfreetype6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfreetype6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfreetype6
Install libfreetype6 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 libfreetype6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfreetype6
How To Uninstall libfreetype6 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libfreetype6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfreetype6
Uninstall libfreetype6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfreetype6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreetype6
Remove libfreetype6 Configurations and Data
To remove libfreetype6 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfreetype6
Remove libfreetype6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfreetype6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreetype6
Dependencies
libfreetype6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreetype6 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.