How to Install and Uninstall fontmake Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the fontmake on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "fontmake" package

Please follow the steps below to install fontmake on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fontmake
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fontmake" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fontmake on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fontmake
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fontmake package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fontmake
Version: 2.4.1-2
Installed-Size: 21
Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: all
Depends: python3:any, python3-fontmake (= 2.4.1-2)
Description: Compile fonts from UFO or Glyphs to OTF/TTF
Description-md5: c7d98ee92ddd1dc2a730b954626711ad
Homepage: https://github.com/googlei18n/fontmake
Section: devel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fontmake/fontmake_2.4.1-2_all.deb
Size: 8268
MD5sum: 71ca53885f9e6030f3b083f62e6cd8aa
SHA256: d364eb58c5ac5307290e47bb906d65f2fb0a24db9c7e2d31af4db08d7a0a761a