How to Install and Uninstall libfontforge-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libfontforge-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install libfontforge-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libfontforge-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libfontforge-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfontforge-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libfontforge-dev
Source: fontforge
Version: 1:20170731~dfsg-1
Installed-Size: 10002
Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfontforge2 (= 1:20170731~dfsg-1), libgdraw5 (= 1:20170731~dfsg-1), libcairo2-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libgif-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libice-dev, libjpeg-dev, libltdl7-dev, libpango1.0-dev, libpng-dev, libpython-dev, libreadline-dev, libsm-dev, libspiro-dev, libtiff5-dev, libuninameslist-dev, libx11-dev, libxft-dev, libxml2-dev, zlib1g-dev
Description: font editor - runtime library (development files)
Description-md5: a7281391b26af05746acc4cb4b6cba6f
Homepage: https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fontforge/libfontforge-dev_20170731~dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2141806
MD5sum: c36a21714b2a1b5935421a8553d051ec
SHA256: f127e8fa8bffbaabf70a76fc8318755b08d3a96e09ad67763444f557bc708be9