How To Install vflmkjpc on Ubuntu 21.04

One-liner install command

For those in a hurry, here's a one-line installation command:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt -y install vflib3-bin

But if you are interested in the detailed steps with descriptions, the following information is for you.

What is vflmkjpc and what are the ways to install it?

Before beginning this tutorial, you will need access to a server or computer running Ubuntu 21.04. This guide was written specifically with a server running Ubuntu 21.04 in mind, although it should also work on older, supported versions of the operating system.

Also, make sure you are running a regular, non-root user with sudo privileges configured on your server. When you have an account available, log in as your non-root user to begin.

There are several ways to install vflmkjpc on Ubuntu 21.04. You can use (links are clickable):

In the following sections, we will describe each method in detail. You can choose one of them or refer to the recommended one.

Install vflmkjpc using apt-get

First, update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt-get database, You can install vflmkjpc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vflib3-bin

Install vflmkjpc using apt

Because vflmkjpc is available in Ubuntu 21.04’s default repositories, it is possible to install it from these repositories using the apt packaging system.

To begin, update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, You can install vflmkjpc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install vflib3-bin

Install vflmkjpc using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu 21.04. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating aptitude database, You can install vflmkjpc by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vflib3-bin

How to upgrade (update) a single package vflmkjpc using apt-get?

First, you will need to update packages index. Run update command as usual:

sudo apt-get update

Next, to upgrade only the vflmkjpc, e.g. single package, you should use the following format with the apt-get command/apt command:

sudo apt-get --only-upgrade install vflib3-bin

Note that this command will not install any new packages! If you wish to install the package if it doesn't exist you may leave out --only-upgrade part.

sudo apt-get install vflib3-bin

How To Uninstall vflmkjpc from Ubuntu 21.04

To uninstall only the vflmkjpc package you can execute the following command:

sudo apt-get remove vflib3-bin

Uninstall vflmkjpc and all its dependencies

To uninstall vflmkjpc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 21.04, you can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vflib3-bin

Remove vflmkjpc with all configurations and data

To remove vflmkjpc configuration and data from your system you can run the following purge command:

sudo apt-get -y purge vflib3-bin

Remove vflmkjpc completely (configurations, data and all of its dependencies)

And lastly, you can run the next command to remove absolutely everything related to vflmkjpc package, e.g.: configurations, data and all of its dependencies. Just use this command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vflib3-bin

Extra info and code examples

VFlib3 is a font rasterizer library for multi-lingual information processing. Using VFlib3, you can obtain bitmap data of characters(glyphs) from various fonts in a unified manner. VFlib3 can handle almost all font formats available - it now supports PK, GF, VF, TFM, OFM level 0, OVF, PCF, BDF, HBF, Syotai-Club, JG, eKanji and more. TrueType and Type 1 fonts are also supported via FreeType2. Font search via kpathsea is supported, too. This package contains a few sample programs that come with VFlib3.

Conclusion

You now have a full guide on how to install vflmkjpc using apt, apt-get and aptitude tools. Also, we showed how to update as a single package and different ways to uninstall the vflmkjpc from Ubuntu 21.04.

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