How to Install and Uninstall libpng-tools Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "libpng-tools" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libpng-tools on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpng-tools" package

Learn how to uninstall libpng-tools 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 libpng-tools package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libpng-tools
Source: libpng1.6
Version: 1.6.39-2
Installed-Size: 191
Maintainer: Maintainers of libpng1.6 packages
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libpng16-tools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libpng16-16 (= 1.6.39-2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.3.4)
Breaks: libpng16-tools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Description: PNG library - tools (version 1.6)
Description-md5: 5abac1e7b840725c0d559fdff5a3de36
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng1.6/libpng-tools_1.6.39-2_amd64.deb
Size: 127044
MD5sum: ab7a3273921efc237f378bfd3f239b3d
SHA256: 000a30ec8ab6110d477fd1f54873595169464986e277e74f93db2399318738ce