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

Last updated: May 15,2024

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

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1. Install "libxft-dev" package

Learn how to install libxft-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libxft-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: libxft-dev
Source: xft
Version: 2.3.6-1
Installed-Size: 290
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Provides: libxft2-dev
Depends: libxft2 (= 2.3.6-1), libc6-dev | libc-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libx11-dev (>= 2:1.0.0), libxrender-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev
Description: FreeType-based font drawing library for X (development files)
Description-md5: 361e21531f0392d4741d24575db55848
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xft/libxft-dev_2.3.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 80256
MD5sum: f111b2a80faaf41ed87b32166874bfd5
SHA256: 5d69c098c6cc8f653f4c20f8a09853c9e94bea50f0517427ec4e05159a6688b7