How to Install and Uninstall bdf2psf Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "bdf2psf" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install bdf2psf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bdf2psf
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bdf2psf" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall bdf2psf on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: bdf2psf
Architecture: all
Version: 1.108ubuntu15.5
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Source: console-setup
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Installer Team
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 215
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/main/c/console-setup/bdf2psf_1.108ubuntu15.5_all.deb
Size: 24972
MD5sum: 43aeff1478c4f398daf5ea253d3f8b84
SHA1: 9fc9c55e1ba32740f45279b81eafd86c221540f6
SHA256: cd6a567b53e9e751578a8b5676381d7de508a6750b7700de80b8c681768ff1d7
SHA512: 1fcb97296c4e338675499d3b236840ec619f8ac59f5c4239451ed4eeb92b67d6685d5683e391765e06c9f2960e0fe54a55237e57a2a389a61b95178675651598
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
Supported: 5y

Package: bdf2psf
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 214
Maintainer: Ubuntu Installer Team
Original-Maintainer: Debian Install System Team
Architecture: all
Source: console-setup
Version: 1.108ubuntu15
Depends: perl
Filename: pool/main/c/console-setup/bdf2psf_1.108ubuntu15_all.deb
Size: 24370
MD5sum: a06d82eacb091a87995910dd743350c8
SHA1: d99813a56c4bc9ef9417a43d5e9845ca12267091
SHA256: bb02889f214efcf3eeb67b1bfab95f5f673dbf200a6f844f44c0924e5b2c0cf1
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.
.
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
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y