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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "fontforge" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fontforge on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall fontforge on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fontforge
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1
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: 2540
Depends: fontforge-common (= 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1), libfontforge1 (= 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1), libgdraw4 (= 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7)
Suggests: fontforge-doc, potrace, autotrace, python-fontforge, fontforge-extras
Conflicts: defoma, fontforge-nox
Filename: pool/universe/f/fontforge/fontforge_20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 914064
MD5sum: 53d65dcdea063bc64a4fbdd75ba4479b
SHA1: e11b4718ffbcc94ff34efffa8a877f1eb8477e81
SHA256: 9c69d2fa76f65705b6943ccd676a52069e5233f3d7fdf4df69f05bd6fecdb180
SHA512: a394fe6908e4afe934558a20492aa2b3af596b8f42a78e8f4504edda620f3c739b6a908791de756a90a90cbe866e8e9b3237c55ee07991e08654337c2afaf7f1
Homepage: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: font editor
Besides being a font editor, FontForge is also a font format
converter, and can convert among PostScript (ASCII & binary Type 1,
some Type 3s, some Type 0s), TrueType, and OpenType (Type2),
CID-keyed, SVG, CFF and multiple-master fonts.
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This package also provides these programs and utilities:
fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image;
fontlint - checks the font for certain common errors;
sfddiff - compare two font files.
Description-md5: 250c7e0cdfdcb9f2cd8e0a7d2de3d4b2
Task: ubuntustudio-publishing
Supported: 3y

Package: fontforge
Priority: optional
Section: universe/x11
Installed-Size: 2540
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20120731.b-7.1
Depends: fontforge-common (= 20120731.b-7.1), libfontforge1 (= 20120731.b-7.1), libgdraw4 (= 20120731.b-7.1), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpython2.7 (>= 2.7)
Suggests: fontforge-doc, potrace, autotrace, python-fontforge, fontforge-extras
Conflicts: defoma, fontforge-nox
Filename: pool/universe/f/fontforge/fontforge_20120731.b-7.1_amd64.deb
Size: 914084
MD5sum: bf24469c21c3e651d1d339e21d869866
SHA1: 0f6b475aeb7c2d1982cc5d11d59ef9d1be6e6841
SHA256: 4384e3061d65a0597f65cefdee2aa51c6c74006f8be350b3467ab70bef5eb6fc
Description-en: font editor
Besides being a font editor, FontForge is also a font format
converter, and can convert among PostScript (ASCII & binary Type 1,
some Type 3s, some Type 0s), TrueType, and OpenType (Type2),
CID-keyed, SVG, CFF and multiple-master fonts.
.
This package also provides these programs and utilities:
fontimage - produce a font thumbnail image;
fontlint - checks the font for certain common errors;
sfddiff - compare two font files.
Description-md5: 250c7e0cdfdcb9f2cd8e0a7d2de3d4b2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m
Task: ubuntustudio-publishing