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

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "pngquant" package

Please follow the instructions below to install pngquant on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall pngquant on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: pngquant
Version: 2.12.2-1
Installed-Size: 58
Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libimagequant0 (>= 2.11.10), liblcms2-2 (>= 2.2+git20110628), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility
Description-md5: 1d0769779d5bab0eb300ce90eee9ee09
Homepage: http://pngquant.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, use::converting,
works-with-format::png, works-with::image, works-with::image:raster
Section: graphics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pngquant/pngquant_2.12.2-1_amd64.deb
Size: 21696
MD5sum: 4ce8c9df58da1d2fed8e6fb143bdcd7a
SHA256: f4e8118e3a047c9a695c348f74c4d3447fdf67dc534b68244641a2b07ea3f340