How to Install and Uninstall libxft2 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 13,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libxft2 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "libxft2" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libxft2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libxft2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libxft2" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libxft2 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libxft2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxft2 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libxft2
Source: xft
Version: 2.3.6-1
Installed-Size: 134
Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12.6), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libx11-6, libxrender1
Description: FreeType-based font drawing library for X
Description-md5: 9f19660eee6522753a05ff6cf228ec1d
Multi-Arch: same
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/x/xft/libxft2_2.3.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 61784
MD5sum: e2bdb962c419d795e72ca0c494da9d96
SHA256: cedaedf108a8c18e9d9ae8d773801db7c7f9a70b50ecd7723c607d549dacccee