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

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "python-fontforge" package

This is a short guide on how to install python-fontforge on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python-fontforge" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall python-fontforge on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python-fontforge package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: python-fontforge
Architecture: amd64
Version: 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Source: fontforge
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 40
Provides: python2.7-fontforge
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), libfontforge1 (= 20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fontforge/python-fontforge_20120731.b-7.1ubuntu0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 4750
MD5sum: 7840c3a1a66e3fd3c35adfd842986e3f
SHA1: 588c101adbfeefc47041cf6a40a18f01777192d0
SHA256: 2a151fd5d3750f1923fcacb812862bfb406cd0c759b7bb6b36e3056acbaf1dd7
SHA512: 14b37b6fb8d5af2fae9d348112335100592f71f19b1d8d823b250f414ab8b65896391eee27cf22e02e9245ec30978644e279bd3c2388f8c8a3a1c8bfc01ed2d6
Homepage: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
Description-en: font editor - Python bindings
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 provides the Python modules (the libraries fontforge and
psMat) to access a FontForge program for font manipulations.
Description-md5: 42a8462121cb2db1e9a3f9aac79c6b4b
Python-Version: 2.7

Package: python-fontforge
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 40
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Source: fontforge
Version: 20120731.b-7.1
Provides: python2.7-fontforge
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), libfontforge1 (= 20120731.b-7.1)
Filename: pool/universe/f/fontforge/python-fontforge_20120731.b-7.1_amd64.deb
Size: 4756
MD5sum: a0ff27afe83c765b94abbcfe0bb40903
SHA1: 1c28a7a0e942b2e688d838e66418fbf5f8cf0ea2
SHA256: 747f15d474817b371aa8bfb0a9e72451949ce2c8d320746970bd4f86296201ab
Description-en: font editor - Python bindings
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 provides the Python modules (the libraries fontforge and
psMat) to access a FontForge program for font manipulations.
Description-md5: 42a8462121cb2db1e9a3f9aac79c6b4b
Homepage: http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/
Python-Version: 2.7
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu