How to Install and Uninstall bdf2psf Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "bdf2psf" package

This tutorial shows how to install bdf2psf on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "bdf2psf" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall bdf2psf on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bdf2psf package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: bdf2psf
Architecture: all
Version: 1.195ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Source: console-setup
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 226
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/universe/c/console-setup/bdf2psf_1.195ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 26632
MD5sum: 24caf272d80acf77ca55843009f6b823
SHA1: e650d5a9055d4712bfe18ac31c670b01770cd6ea
SHA256: 34975e1d924959f00b19e365dd7c9cd55259ec049ca4b688282e10f512354427
SHA512: 00ddc21d23d0b73d3800417aa8bd5fa6eb2a41cf02f539251c87aa826c46001f19a94b8a9211715f60f3a8eb486b146f58715c4b4173d467fd360bb9a41267c1
Description-en: font converter to generate console fonts from BDF source fonts
This package provides a command-line converter that can be used in
scripts to build console fonts from BDF sources automatically. The
converter comes with a collection of font encodings that cover many
of the world's languages. The output font can use a different
character encoding from the input. When the source font does not
define a glyph for a particular symbol in the encoding table, that
glyph position in the console font is not wasted but used for another
symbol.
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When deciding about the position in the font for a particular glyph,
the converter takes into account that in text video modes the video
adapter copies the eighth column of the glyph matrix of symbols
positioned in the pseudographic area to the ninth column. In order to
create fonts for text video modes, the width of the glyph matrix of
the source BDF font should be seven, eight, or nine pixels; otherwise the
converter creates fonts suitable for framebuffer only.
Description-md5: 5eb98031ca1e36678eeeefee0d31085b