How to Install and Uninstall libpng-dev Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "libpng-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libpng-dev 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 "libpng-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpng-dev on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                libpng-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng-dev package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: libpng-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.43-1
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: 755
Depends: libpng16-16 (= 1.6.43-1), 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_1.6.43-1_amd64.deb
Size: 263856
MD5sum: 3162b4993dfb3c5783ddcaf5783671ce
SHA1: f6908f56b7a9d2604b8fe04bc9b3ee85f3f1181d
SHA256: d5fe2c917b0e9ceb9f214c5be2433d24bb1d689bdafc42f7f315d8a54bb0f9da
SHA512: 3795c125ff08da27fbddbefd0626ee4a9bec780681cfd8e176e746e0e7b7e1a67abc5164ee460e0effe5118460f0d1b8ddab4aaf6c0b2b984e1aed02569c7736
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Description: PNG library - development (version 1.6)
Description-md5: 45b416ab6d5ce75a17d9b8dc7d29bbf2
Task: ubuntu-unity-desktop