How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "libfreetype6" package

This tutorial shows how to install libfreetype6 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libfreetype6" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libfreetype6 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfreetype6 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libfreetype6
Source: freetype
Version: 2.9.1-3+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 842
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
Description-md5: a1e3ee2cc4e84cd6907bcd99545e0796
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.9.1-3+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 379500
MD5sum: c8686658a76ea4183d4ac4ca9d069628
SHA256: 93f009440fd1ffcc4b3afdbc413eccc1d8101145a262ca0d0c305fc7029f2417