How to Install and Uninstall freetype.src Package on Oracle Linux 8

Last updated: January 09,2025

1. Install "freetype.src" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install freetype.src on Oracle Linux 8

$ sudo dnf update $ sudo dnf install freetype.src

2. Uninstall "freetype.src" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall freetype.src on Oracle Linux 8:

$ sudo dnf remove freetype.src $ sudo dnf autoremove

3. Information about the freetype.src package on Oracle Linux 8

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Available Packages
Name : freetype
Version : 2.9.1
Release : 4.el8_3.1
Architecture : src
Size : 4.1 M
Source : None
Repository : ol8_baseos_latest
Summary : A free and portable font rendering engine
URL : http://www.freetype.org
License : (FTL or GPLv2+) and BSD and MIT and Public Domain and zlib with acknowledgement
Description : The FreeType engine is a free and portable font rendering
: engine, developed to provide advanced font support for a variety of
: platforms and environments. FreeType is a library which can open and
: manages font files as well as efficiently load, hint and render
: individual glyphs. FreeType is not a font server or a complete
: text-rendering library.