How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 03,2025

You can also install and uninstall the libfreetype6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libfreetype6" package

Please follow the steps below to install libfreetype6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libfreetype6" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libfreetype6 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfreetype6 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libfreetype6
Source: freetype
Version: 2.12.1+dfsg-5
Installed-Size: 890
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
Description-md5: a1e3ee2cc4e84cd6907bcd99545e0796
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://freetype.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.12.1+dfsg-5_amd64.deb
Size: 399184
MD5sum: f456e7345d08a4b24889307d6e1c9c05
SHA256: 72ef03236f1936e72a0faf86a547425b0eff3c5fd0b43f8669012182cf376354