How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6 Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libfreetype6" package

This guide let you learn how to install libfreetype6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libfreetype6" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libfreetype6 on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfreetype6 package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: libfreetype6
Source: freetype
Version: 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 896
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
Description-md5: a1e3ee2cc4e84cd6907bcd99545e0796
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 417776
MD5sum: c917eba6c527c5e47faa1f840945744c
SHA256: b21cfdd12adf6cac4af320c2485fb62a8a5edc6f9768bc2288fd686f4fa6dfdf