How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6 Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "libfreetype6" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libfreetype6 on Kali Linux


    
        
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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 instructions below to uninstall libfreetype6 on Kali Linux:


    
        
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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 Kali Linux

Package: libfreetype6
Source: freetype (2.13.2+dfsg-1)
Version: 2.13.2+dfsg-1+b1
Installed-Size: 938
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.33), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Size: 438524
SHA256: ab8952bc759c10b22b7161d4075f84e0db7905cf730553f4bc8c729f526e1124
SHA1: cbc72074c91fee23fd26294ad2dd462173b92aad
MD5sum: 792343419f5d1ea6d90e9aebe3dab8d1
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
They specifically target embedded systems and focus on providing small,
efficient and ubiquitous products.
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The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been
designed to provide the following important features:
* A universal and simple API to manage font files
* Support for several font formats through loadable modules
* High-quality anti-aliasing
* High portability & performance
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Supported font formats include:
* TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc)
* Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format
* Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides
routines to manage design instances easily
* Type 1 CID-keyed fonts
* OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts
* CFF/Type 2 fonts
* Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with
the Adobe SVG viewer plugin.
* Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts
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This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the
FreeType 2 library.
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://freetype.org
Tag: role::shared-lib
Section: libs
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.13.2+dfsg-1+b1_amd64.deb