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

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "libfreetype-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libfreetype-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall libfreetype-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: libfreetype-dev
Source: freetype
Version: 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 1982
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libfreetype6-dev (<< 2.10.1)
Depends: libfreetype6 (= 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1), libbrotli-dev, libc6-dev | libc-dev, libpng-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev
Suggests: freetype2-doc (= 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1)
Breaks: libfreetype6-dev (<< 2.10.1)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, development files
Description-md5: 8875ea8826893bae306fe23dfd81f96f
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
Tag: devel::library, role::devel-lib
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype-dev_2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 571448
MD5sum: 123f8dbaef3c1b343844b6e34f51b9d2
SHA256: f0f5ece4c70fad68c8bdbe3cd09a5c9fb7d6112766f0d96439a45a9ae1aaf363