How to Install and Uninstall xfonts-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "xfonts-utils" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install xfonts-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                xfonts-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "xfonts-utils" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall xfonts-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: xfonts-utils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.7+3ubuntu0.16.04.2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 375
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfontenc1, libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libxfont1 (>= 1:1.4.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), x11-common, xfonts-encodings
Filename: pool/main/x/xfonts-utils/xfonts-utils_7.7+3ubuntu0.16.04.2_amd64.deb
Size: 74596
MD5sum: 250fdfe0bda62630eabd080af259ed91
SHA1: 7af1f1e9c91af41ee670799deec57d218066b30c
SHA256: e25925ebdaff4a940cbccd330e99c981ad1f62327c5f077ec61e8b99487dd17c
SHA512: c34127e2061d223ef26da8ac3f9bfba5c826e1dfcb0b502d4c3036932d5cdbbcaa13dfd4a311344bce8c65c69ac8fddad89ee80116e94d040f5fa6d4ba55f296
Description-en: X Window System font utility programs
xfonts-utils provides a set of utility programs shipped with the X Window
System that are needed for font management.
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The programs in this package include:
- bdftopcf, which converts BDF fonts to PCF fonts;
- bdftruncate and ucs2any, tools to generate fonts with various encodings
from ISO 10646-encoded fonts
- mkfontdir, a program to generate fonts.dir files;
- mkfontscale, a program to generate fonts.scale files;
- fonttosfnt, a program to wrap bitmap fonts in a sfnt (TrueType) wrapper.
Description-md5: cfb627fb99a0d0ef5d7b0b2f94423328
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: xfonts-utils
Priority: optional
Section: x11
Installed-Size: 401
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:7.7+3
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfontenc1, libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), libxfont1 (>= 1:1.4.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), x11-common, xfonts-encodings
Filename: pool/main/x/xfonts-utils/xfonts-utils_7.7+3_amd64.deb
Size: 75276
MD5sum: 6b186b6f596e2921624b09a5d64035fa
SHA1: f8552f826eba16f4e8330b62c5d50eb49dedb5fd
SHA256: 6c411fa7f6ccf6427d8f314d476b941ec05de779e4f8288cfade99ad2ce7e150
Description-en: X Window System font utility programs
xfonts-utils provides a set of utility programs shipped with the X Window
System that are needed for font management.
.
The programs in this package include:
- bdftopcf, which converts BDF fonts to PCF fonts;
- bdftruncate and ucs2any, tools to generate fonts with various encodings
from ISO 10646-encoded fonts
- mkfontdir, a program to generate fonts.dir files;
- mkfontscale, a program to generate fonts.scale files;
- fonttosfnt, a program to wrap bitmap fonts in a sfnt (TrueType) wrapper.
Description-md5: cfb627fb99a0d0ef5d7b0b2f94423328
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop