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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "grcompiler" package

Please follow the guidance below to install grcompiler on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall grcompiler on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                grcompiler
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the grcompiler package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: grcompiler
Priority: optional
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1684
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2-6
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libicu55 (>= 55.1-1~), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Suggests: libgraphite2-3, pango-graphite, iceweasel (>= 11.0) | firefox (>= 11.0), libreoffice
Filename: pool/universe/g/grcompiler/grcompiler_4.2-6_amd64.deb
Size: 732956
MD5sum: ce57f76830ee49e04dfd1efe21bbfe09
SHA1: 67ae6d204f3a5efab529ab89bf9a8073c5e26899
SHA256: f6027d12703b8f9198d6e1f9a35f9a15169cf6468ad7974ee99dd184860b4ffc
Description-en: Compiler of smart (graphite) fonts
SILGraphite is a system that can be used to create and use "smart
fonts" capable of displaying writing systems with various complex
behaviors, such as: contextual shaping, ligatures, reordering, split
glyphs, bidirectionality, stacking diacritics and complex positioning.
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This library was designed and developed by the NRSI (Non-Roman Script
Initiative) within SIL International (www.sil.org) to act as a
complement to other smart font rendering technologies with limited
practical local extensibility. Its purpose is to help meet the needs of
a very large number of "minority language" communities for local
extensibility of complex script behaviors.
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The behavior of the SILGraphite rendering engine for a given writing
system is specified through extra tables added to a TrueType font. These
tables are generated by compiling a GDL (Graphite Description Language)
source file into a font using grcompiler.
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This package contains the graphite compiler.
Description-md5: 0116e4c05a4d75fe20f9f1a6f7b80e93
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu