How to Install and Uninstall bdf2psf Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "bdf2psf" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install bdf2psf on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall bdf2psf on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bdf2psf
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bdf2psf package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: bdf2psf
Architecture: all
Version: 1.201ubuntu2
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: 230
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/universe/c/console-setup/bdf2psf_1.201ubuntu2_all.deb
Size: 28028
MD5sum: eaa44d76611b0b1476e51964d77c618b
SHA1: b038fd82859c470ead392f579d228867ad799efc
SHA256: 6228373417609550d84f284c480011dda4e66d261e23dc4d8b381c82fb304b8a
SHA512: 2003efb9eb1e078c26b56203cdc587355090a358d64e6b6d29a563693e50b275f4b33261d6ccb7c1af4ef0bcdfd992419f60fc627ac9d5f5bc9e39431910c0c3
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