How to Install and Uninstall xfonts-utils Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "xfonts-utils" package

This is a short guide on how to install xfonts-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xfonts-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xfonts-utils" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall xfonts-utils on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


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

Package: xfonts-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.7+6
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 416
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfontenc1, libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), x11-common, xfonts-encodings
Filename: pool/main/x/xfonts-utils/xfonts-utils_7.7+6_amd64.deb
Size: 91476
MD5sum: a1a441240dd9d13e2a3c0da0d570126d
SHA1: bd820c003435fbd3f54743c318814f1c252a1ec5
SHA256: f61b357edc5da9792256476785daed35316037c5952120ed966203b248c396b6
SHA512: 9fdea3e07dc99ecfbaa7a081f7810ac65791fceeec640a1a8661fecc171661d1a5c58265c3acc904613bb883ab38827910aeadc27075071ebe4f7d50ee28387d
Description-en: X Window System font utility programs
xfonts-utils provides a set of utility programs shipped with the X Window
System that are needed for font management.
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The programs in this package include:
- bdftopcf, which converts BDF fonts to PCF fonts;
- bdftruncate and ucs2any, tools to generate fonts with various encodings
from ISO 10646-encoded fonts
- mkfontdir, a program to generate fonts.dir files;
- mkfontscale, a program to generate fonts.scale files;
- fonttosfnt, a program to wrap bitmap fonts in a sfnt (TrueType) wrapper.
Description-md5: cfb627fb99a0d0ef5d7b0b2f94423328
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop