Install texlive-font-utils on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install texlive-font-utils

Learn how to install texlive-font-utils with the command sudo apt-get install texlive-font-utils on Ubuntus.


 

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Quick installation of texlive-font-utils:

Step 1: Update system:

	sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: texlive-font-utils

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

	sudo apt-get install texlive-font-utils

Package Details

Package:texlive-font-utils
Version:2009-10ubuntu1
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Description:TeX Live: TeX and Outline font utilities Programs for conversion between font formats, testing fonts, virtual fonts, .gf and .pk manipulation, mft, fontinst, etc. Manipulating OpenType, TrueType, PostScript Type 1, etc. . This package includes the following CTAN packages: accfonts -- Utilities to derive new fonts from existing ones. afm2pl -- epstopdf -- Convert EPS to 'encapsulated' PDF using GhostScript. fontware -- lcdftypetools -- A bundle of outline font manipulation tools. ps2pkm -- Generate a PK font from an Adobe Type 1 font. pstools -- Produce Encapsulated PostScript from PostScript. dvipsconfig -- Collection of dvips PostScript headers. fontinst -- Help with installing fonts for TeX and LaTeX. fontools -- Tools to simplify using fonts (especially TT/OTF ones). mft -- ttfutils -- Homepage: http://www.tug.org/texlive/
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:tex

How to install texlive-font-utils on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If texlive-font-utils is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L texlive-font-utils' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L texlive-font-utils
Package `texlive-font-utils' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing texlive-font-utils:

After system update use the following command to install texlive-font-utils:

sudo apt-get install texlive-font-utils

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove texlive-font-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the texlive-font-utils from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the texlive-font-utils following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  texlive-font-utils

Following command is used to remove the texlive-font-utils package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove texlive-font-utils

This will remove texlive-font-utils and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing texlive-font-utils with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge texlive-font-utils

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove texlive-font-utils

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with texlive-font-utils package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.