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

Last updated: January 10,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "pngcrush" package

Please follow the instructions below to install pngcrush on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall pngcrush 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 pngcrush package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: pngcrush
Version: 1.8.13-0.1
Installed-Size: 156
Maintainer: Margarita Manterola
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: optimizes PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files
Description-md5: 3fa9f9dda281f8e8843940a73b1d1ed7
Homepage: http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program,
scope::utility, use::compressing, works-with-format::png,
works-with::image, works-with::image:raster
Section: graphics
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/pngcrush/pngcrush_1.8.13-0.1_amd64.deb
Size: 71192
MD5sum: a90a8ef624006fdc2c3885bfac44c709
SHA256: 23695a1af9d6ba38d3c06675c1f9dd2c9494d19c3e023c70269db82c9b4e59c4