How To Install python3-fonttools 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 python3-fonttools on Ubuntu.

What is `python3-fonttools`

python3-fonttools is:

FontTools/TTX is a library to manipulate font files from Python. It supports reading and writing of TrueType/OpenType fonts, reading and writing of AFM files, reading (and partially writing) of PS Type 1 fonts. It also contains a tool called “TTX” which converts TrueType/OpenType fonts to and from an XML-based format.

This is the Python 3 version of the fontTools package.

There are three methods to install python3-fonttools 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 python3-fonttools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-fonttools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-fonttools

Install python3-fonttools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-fonttools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-fonttools

Install python3-fonttools 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 python3-fonttools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-fonttools

How To Uninstall python3-fonttools on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the python3-fonttools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-fonttools

Uninstall python3-fonttools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-fonttools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fonttools

Remove python3-fonttools Configurations and Data

To remove python3-fonttools configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fonttools

Remove python3-fonttools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-fonttools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-fonttools

Dependencies

python3-fonttools have the following dependencies:

References

python3-fonttools website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fonttools package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.