How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6-dev Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: November 27,2024

1. Install "libfreetype6-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libfreetype6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libfreetype6-dev

2. Uninstall "libfreetype6-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libfreetype6-dev on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove libfreetype6-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libfreetype6-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: libfreetype6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: freetype
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve Langasek
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6018
Depends: libfreetype6 (= 2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2), libc6-dev | libc-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev, libpng-dev
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.8.1-2ubuntu2.2_amd64.deb
Size: 2539488
MD5sum: 50f61dacc771804ab574bc35ccb200af
SHA1: 4693df050f12cb226f607c8c271561e73ab3270f
SHA256: 2be69929b3c54e1bae20c95a734541d681be9a8a5cb5a985498847d9479aaa73
SHA512: efe440b21535aacd5bd594237d3f5389c5e6917e154eb493f39c72aea6bf7240048c57048e6a9337e79e073883374fdb6b9f5dc5f8d1f84c9ea3926fde3ebc85
Homepage: http://www.freetype.org
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, development files
Description-md5: 172d8a56d9acb662016bcd69f56b4640
Supported: 5y

Package: libfreetype6-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.8.1-2ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: freetype
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Steve Langasek
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6018
Depends: libfreetype6 (= 2.8.1-2ubuntu2), libc6-dev | libc-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev, libpng-dev
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.8.1-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 2539140
MD5sum: da5d08d5898f7a433864302ec651098d
SHA1: 2458ee54a2e6b42df027d4e656631c7ef5be84d7
SHA256: 6c68c863aa7a0499b8c58da4013b0864b15ea3dad0c1de401f2a8f40cd258d26
Homepage: http://www.freetype.org
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, development files
Description-md5: 172d8a56d9acb662016bcd69f56b4640
Supported: 5y