How to Install and Uninstall libfontforge-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libfontforge-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libfontforge-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libfontforge-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libfontforge-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfontforge-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libfontforge-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:20170731~dfsg-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Source: fontforge
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Fonts Task Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 10006
Depends: libfontforge2 (= 1:20170731~dfsg-1), libgdraw5 (= 1:20170731~dfsg-1), libfreetype6-dev, libgif-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libjpeg-dev, libltdl7-dev, libpng-dev, libpython-dev, libreadline-dev, libspiro-dev, libtiff5-dev, libuninameslist-dev, libxml2-dev, zlib1g-dev
Filename: pool/universe/f/fontforge/libfontforge-dev_20170731~dfsg-1_amd64.deb
Size: 2120820
MD5sum: 1117b81f4ab1740718dd0e7744afc40c
SHA1: 6fceb3f5153529354c7d16a89ac654af13299cee
SHA256: 17e9621449233ccd4009443ea6d9eb2aadcf8f624affcde16059a31c91e435fb
Homepage: https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/
Description: font editor - runtime library (development files)
Description-md5: a7281391b26af05746acc4cb4b6cba6f