How to Install and Uninstall libfontconfig-dev Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "libfontconfig-dev" package

Learn how to install libfontconfig-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libfontconfig-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libfontconfig-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfontconfig-dev package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libfontconfig-dev
Source: fontconfig
Version: 2.13.1-4.2
Installed-Size: 771
Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libfontconfig1-dev (<< 2.13.1-3)
Provides: libfontconfig1-dev (= 2.13.1-4.2)
Depends: libfontconfig1 (= 2.13.1-4.2), libexpat1-dev, libfreetype6-dev (>= 2.8.1), uuid-dev, pkg-config
Description: generic font configuration library - development
Description-md5: 050db170deaa19847a8222ec11c75166
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/libfontconfig-dev_2.13.1-4.2_amd64.deb
Size: 368036
MD5sum: b3440797801bff23ef71afc5c845f52d
SHA256: 7655d4238ee7e6ced13501006d20986cbf9ff08454a4e502d5aa399f83e28876