How to Install and Uninstall fontforge Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fontforge on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "fontforge" package

This tutorial shows how to install fontforge on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fontforge on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: fontforge
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:20201107~dfsg-4build1
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: 4006
Provides: fontforge-nox
Depends: fontforge-common (= 1:20201107~dfsg-4build1), libfontforge4 (= 1:20201107~dfsg-4build1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcairo2 (>= 1.14.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.31.8), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.4), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.18.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libpython3.10 (>= 3.10.0)
Suggests: fontforge-doc, fontforge-extras, potrace, python3-fontforge
Conflicts: fontforge-nox
Filename: pool/universe/f/fontforge/fontforge_20201107~dfsg-4build1_amd64.deb
Size: 1521434
MD5sum: 74c31b69454b1044ecb33169a56d9970
SHA1: 5253a7c6f622f160c046812525e3ebfa17e6ff67
SHA256: aa3984f4f80fe0e6556b75849ce43436f7baacc73489211a26db3a98ebf96f3f
SHA512: b909ffe7b101b03229912d07f581d2795dd09a9374233ca2dc9203d95c8460869291f16e3b94dde6eb86cfb66c6a1fdf4966e341dbd2aed762789896ecbd19de
Homepage: https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/
Description: font editor
Description-md5: 4ebffb1f6ab9a1d49bd81ce04ad8a0a7
Task: ubuntustudio-publishing