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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "fontforge" package

Learn how to install fontforge 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 "fontforge" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall fontforge on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: fontforge
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:20190801~dfsg-5ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 119
Depends: fontforge-common (= 1:20190801~dfsg-5ubuntu1), libfontforge3 (= 1:20190801~dfsg-5ubuntu1), libgdraw6 (= 1:20190801~dfsg-5ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.2.5)
Suggests: fontforge-doc, fontforge-extras, potrace, python3-fontforge
Conflicts: fontforge-nox
Filename: pool/universe/f/fontforge/fontforge_20190801~dfsg-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 18892
MD5sum: 88844b0699a242dc5aa11b120331dced
SHA1: a8bc7c56c248cb7abfc97bc1abbfed90046c2540
SHA256: 1b1119e7ebc47347123f3eb70b39bdd0474128f6f5621fed12a1d1d4af924432
SHA512: e2ecd713d26a12b60e0617c35fafa1c845d6f887081e2c1ed29dfce5ba9cb8a687c144cbffd0393597301ea8608cf59d254232a59bcc2827b614adb8806fbadc
Homepage: https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/
Description-en: font editor
FontForge is a font editor.
Use it to create, edit and convert fonts
in OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed, Multiple Master,
and many other formats.
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This package also provides these programs and utilities:
fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image;
fontlint - checks the font for certain common errors;
sfddiff - compare two font files.
Description-md5: 4ebffb1f6ab9a1d49bd81ce04ad8a0a7
Task: ubuntustudio-publishing