How to Install and Uninstall libpng-dev Package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "libpng-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install libpng-dev on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpng-dev on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpng-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng-dev package on Linux Mint 21 (Vanessa)

Package: libpng-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.37-3build5
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libpng1.6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Maintainers of libpng1.6 packages
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 717
Depends: libpng16-16 (= 1.6.37-3build5), zlib1g-dev
Recommends: libpng-tools
Conflicts: libpng12-0-dev, libpng12-dev, libpng2-dev, libpng3-dev
Breaks: libpng16-dev (<< 1.6.20-3), libpng16-devtools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Replaces: libpng16-dev (<< 1.6.20-3), libpng16-devtools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng1.6/libpng-dev_1.6.37-3build5_amd64.deb
Size: 192290
MD5sum: 4dd858a604da24ae3b534cd18f8d3d09
SHA1: 3af68c2d8d97ab7adfed4eaadfbd0500080cc61a
SHA256: 80306ea08e58ddc00d815c74f97ae3a02f14f8d1b17a72671b076e6af6a3c7e8
SHA512: f4c4c1a85137a3f88360fceffc29e2b47304ed80c323d83c4fa5bda0ef21398705484780e95104a36cdd394fd028539de1c89735cc6a4d8a9ddb0d338cf7373d
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Description: PNG library - development (version 1.6)
Description-md5: 45b416ab6d5ce75a17d9b8dc7d29bbf2