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

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "libfreetype6-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libfreetype6-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall libfreetype6-dev on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


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

Package: libfreetype6-dev
Source: freetype
Version: 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1
Installed-Size: 111
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfreetype-dev (= 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, development files (transitional package)
Description-md5: 28f874a479b758590006ecadff6e409a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
works-with::font
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 82576
MD5sum: 8dcb94473430c078e940b152063f6d31
SHA256: ca1305fc7e3668f591ffc0e793569c7076dcf6d4765d8cf5cde7485fc7110beb