How to Install and Uninstall bdf2psf Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "bdf2psf" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install bdf2psf on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall bdf2psf on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: bdf2psf
Architecture: all
Version: 1.205ubuntu1
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_1.205ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 30670
MD5sum: 88c66ad920f6e0de07fed00a850337b0
SHA1: 0dbef85ea2ef0136d9c3b96d022dd444df56fe9f
SHA256: 16116108d195f6d8e2d852635bbc47383b1a7a224a8c2d7a1d9bb4f1c99eef80
SHA512: 8b50516379e942a2e35e50a46aacb3bc92ddc58ba36dcbc2accd1d48ec1a011826f746ac88e8b35c2178ea29e5b1b7e888ad27286911c4a9fb21c84ccc6554d2
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