How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

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

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1. Install "libfreetype-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libfreetype-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall libfreetype-dev 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 libfreetype-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libfreetype-dev
Source: freetype
Version: 2.12.1+dfsg-5
Installed-Size: 2065
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libfreetype6-dev (<< 2.10.1)
Provides: libfreetype6-dev (= 2.12.1+dfsg-5)
Depends: libfreetype6 (= 2.12.1+dfsg-5), libbrotli-dev, libc6-dev | libc-dev, libpng-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev
Suggests: freetype2-doc (= 2.12.1+dfsg-5)
Breaks: libfreetype6-dev (<< 2.10.1)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, development files
Description-md5: 8875ea8826893bae306fe23dfd81f96f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://freetype.org
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype-dev_2.12.1+dfsg-5_amd64.deb
Size: 567412
MD5sum: 060e5afdd253046ad145fac2e295a84e
SHA256: 4e814edc2ea8f682e1ed9b1159a6a1ac8bc868af136d28d9984b75688d4b8800