How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6 Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libfreetype6" package

Please follow the steps below to install libfreetype6 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libfreetype6" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libfreetype6 on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfreetype6 package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: libfreetype6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: freetype
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 853
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.10.2+dfsg-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 348836
MD5sum: 9b2a8c37586237dfd7e9e9227f4cd1f1
SHA1: 7d88fbd93af5814713c25eb41456bbb13a66bc12
SHA256: 3f093fe25e7ce5173ecfb38531b7e6e6ed02a6fd23eae75d087cb3349183e2d2
SHA512: 3f83037b183003b2807d696cbe17a3dea1d20448f89ffce7544932487df5af7cb671eee852a57d56b1e2c4d83df1948345bb3afa70b1f98ddc4a44c63742058d
Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
Description-en: FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
They specifically target embedded systems and focus on providing small,
efficient and ubiquitous products.
.
The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been
designed to provide the following important features:
* A universal and simple API to manage font files
* Support for several font formats through loadable modules
* High-quality anti-aliasing
* High portability & performance
.
Supported font formats include:
* TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc)
* Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format
* Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides
routines to manage design instances easily
* Type 1 CID-keyed fonts
* OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts
* CFF/Type 2 fonts
* Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with
the Adobe SVG viewer plugin.
* Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts
.
This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the
FreeType 2 library.
Description-md5: a1e3ee2cc4e84cd6907bcd99545e0796
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: libfreetype6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.10.2+dfsg-3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: freetype
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 849
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.10.2+dfsg-3_amd64.deb
Size: 348356
MD5sum: 257139eee9fa946430572eb318dd9f96
SHA1: a4bebebd20490b59b7769360f4f602ab316b5451
SHA256: 8919503b822c0547bfc0d95d21a3a1a299dbb7d784322e7dfbab7706b40e5876
SHA512: cd0d813eb41dab77cb48868aaed8f0de1d41ddddd2b7168b97f8d2bf85c3f4922947464bebe5b557313a34081d3b87e7c516f075691defc31e0f41d4ab74fed2
Homepage: https://www.freetype.org
Description-en: FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
They specifically target embedded systems and focus on providing small,
efficient and ubiquitous products.
.
The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been
designed to provide the following important features:
* A universal and simple API to manage font files
* Support for several font formats through loadable modules
* High-quality anti-aliasing
* High portability & performance
.
Supported font formats include:
* TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc)
* Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format
* Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides
routines to manage design instances easily
* Type 1 CID-keyed fonts
* OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts
* CFF/Type 2 fonts
* Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with
the Adobe SVG viewer plugin.
* Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts
.
This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the
FreeType 2 library.
Description-md5: a1e3ee2cc4e84cd6907bcd99545e0796
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop