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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libxft-dev" package

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


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

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


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

Package: libxft-dev
Source: xft
Version: 2.3.2-2
Installed-Size: 198
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libxft2-dev
Depends: libxft2 (= 2.3.2-2), libc6-dev | libc-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libx11-dev (>= 2:1.0.0), libxrender-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev
Description: FreeType-based font drawing library for X (development files)
Description-md5: 361e21531f0392d4741d24575db55848
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xft/libxft-dev_2.3.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 68656
MD5sum: 717c7f37175b97adc783ea9b30f7b27e
SHA256: c6919b13423d4e3b41b7650b2d9bb6f6deac2906b3d51d047b5898a169ebc13c