How to Install and Uninstall fontconfig Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 28,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fontconfig on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fontconfig" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fontconfig on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fontconfig on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 fontconfig package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: fontconfig
Version: 2.14.1-4
Installed-Size: 617
Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.13.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), fontconfig-config
Description: generic font configuration library - support binaries
Description-md5: 4c47f79299a983151349c73c189cb29a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, works-with::font
Section: fonts
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.14.1-4_amd64.deb
Size: 449212
MD5sum: a88a18a6dc4b8000683132012c9db832
SHA256: 010e57c24a983eecc39aab8a84219a716c10901e03bacd1927331388656f890f