How to Install and Uninstall xfonts-utils Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "xfonts-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xfonts-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall xfonts-utils on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: xfonts-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.7+6build1
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: 434
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libfontenc1 (>= 1:1.1.4), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), x11-common, xfonts-encodings
Filename: pool/main/x/xfonts-utils/xfonts-utils_7.7+6build1_amd64.deb
Size: 94560
MD5sum: a45d14023a869bb0663b0155b9fab934
SHA1: 5cdf17c23a483511041b3a2a27709868995983a5
SHA256: 8020b6bd948b26512a29171b3eba3a940002dac5183a5e7afe01c8c617d50b09
SHA512: 30264cd4656025385d141d992df7affefd26f3102d7031192f858828c740270aea4630e9d03ff39669929355397532620643546f734f2eed41e3356850b8e52f
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
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