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

Last updated: March 14,2025

1. Install "libfreetype6-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libfreetype6-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 "libfreetype6-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libfreetype6-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 libfreetype6-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libfreetype6-dev
Source: freetype
Version: 2.9.1-3+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 2356
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfreetype6 (= 2.9.1-3+deb10u2), libc6-dev | libc-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev, libpng-dev
Suggests: freetype2-doc (= 2.9.1-3+deb10u2)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, development files
Description-md5: 8875ea8826893bae306fe23dfd81f96f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
works-with::font
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.9.1-3+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 543580
MD5sum: 2665027dabe1c482a702186821302785
SHA256: 6b63694177e31361c5a8b883bb6f16f1760be4acaa8ce56aa0f2e7bf3d3d701d