How to Install and Uninstall fontconfig Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "fontconfig" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fontconfig on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fontconfig
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "fontconfig" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall fontconfig on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fontconfig
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the fontconfig package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: fontconfig
Version: 2.13.1-2
Installed-Size: 575
Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.13.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), fontconfig-config
Description: generic font configuration library - support binaries
Description-md5: 4c47f79299a983151349c73c189cb29a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, works-with::font
Section: fonts
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.13.1-2_amd64.deb
Size: 405176
MD5sum: 82d0ca68e8df46467cd8d4c729072e79
SHA256: efbc7d9a8cf245e31429d3bda3e560df275f6b7302367aabe83503ca734ac0fd