How to Install and Uninstall fontconfig Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "fontconfig" package

Learn how to install fontconfig on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fontconfig on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fontconfig
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fontconfig package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: fontconfig
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.15.0-1ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 468
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.13.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), fontconfig-config
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.15.0-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 180088
MD5sum: 523af590e8d8ee1f053c5bd2304fe956
SHA1: 758f0460e3c46e0deee1e1beb2813218b63005eb
SHA256: 9adc8083ecb8219778e3b55c3508b173f33acef8fd11f06961f9f6e78335409b
SHA512: 793bb3d4bb5ab0ee53da2a0b30d1434a29421f8011b7898cdff03fbd2d98d8026fa4837bada2366d97f54d2a36d30cc82e6a0ca672fd6200276ebec2cacc43a1
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
Description: generic font configuration library - support binaries
Description-md5: 4c47f79299a983151349c73c189cb29a
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