How To Install mknfonts.tool 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 mknfonts.tool on Ubuntu.
What is mknfonts.tool
mknfonts.tool is:
This doesn’t completely automate the process of creating nfont-packages, but it can do most of the bulk work for you.
This works with .otf, .ttf, .pfa, .pfb, .afm, most formats that freetype can handle and provide postscript names for.
There are three methods to install mknfonts.tool 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 mknfonts.tool Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mknfonts.tool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mknfonts.tool
Install mknfonts.tool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mknfonts.tool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mknfonts.tool
Install mknfonts.tool 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 mknfonts.tool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mknfonts.tool
How To Uninstall mknfonts.tool on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mknfonts.tool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mknfonts.tool
Uninstall mknfonts.tool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mknfonts.tool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mknfonts.tool
Remove mknfonts.tool Configurations and Data
To remove mknfonts.tool configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mknfonts.tool
Remove mknfonts.tool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mknfonts.tool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mknfonts.tool
Dependencies
mknfonts.tool have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mknfonts.tool package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.