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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpng-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpng-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libpng-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: libpng-dev
Source: libpng1.6
Version: 1.6.36-6
Installed-Size: 714
Maintainer: Maintainers of libpng1.6 packages
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libpng16-dev (<< 1.6.20-3), libpng16-devtools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Depends: libpng16-16 (= 1.6.36-6), zlib1g-dev
Recommends: libpng-tools
Conflicts: libpng12-0-dev, libpng12-dev, libpng2-dev, libpng3-dev
Breaks: libpng16-dev (<< 1.6.20-3), libpng16-devtools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Description: PNG library - development (version 1.6)
Description-md5: 45b416ab6d5ce75a17d9b8dc7d29bbf2
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng1.6/libpng-dev_1.6.36-6_amd64.deb
Size: 300244
MD5sum: 1d5dded67ba7ef9cba1ea561a8b1cb44
SHA256: 43c90b368979af1aaf2baa239892250203b24f1da0814266e009bae0a850763d