How to Install and Uninstall libxft2 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "libxft2" package

This guide let you learn how to install libxft2 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libxft2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libxft2" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall libxft2 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libxft2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxft2 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: libxft2
Source: xft
Version: 2.3.2-2
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libx11-6, libxrender1
Description: FreeType-based font drawing library for X
Description-md5: 9f19660eee6522753a05ff6cf228ec1d
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xft/libxft2_2.3.2-2_amd64.deb
Size: 57184
MD5sum: c6793792cd9500552cf937261d37d616
SHA256: cd71384b4d511cba69bcee29af326943c7ca12450765f44c40d246608c779aad