How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "libfreetype6" package

Learn how to install libfreetype6 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libfreetype6
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libfreetype6" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libfreetype6 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libfreetype6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.10.4+dfsg-1build1
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: 854
Depends: libbrotli1 (>= 0.6.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6_2.10.4+dfsg-1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 348284
MD5sum: 8a251adbc79bd5d47e5af077cc7b38fb
SHA1: 50fa46aea4be24c951028809a9130df7a62cf0a1
SHA256: 551948701fce9798ee9c1e588cbc6c2e0cff5c1d8bd1fcee31b146b5cbf6ac87
SHA512: d2dc8ddf31789628613e332eca5439c71bd0c242f30af265377028099c23afe2bac59d8796bcb5382235e33fb25f9030b75f00482afae7d1f18a5896bda86023
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.
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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
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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
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This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the
FreeType 2 library.
Description-md5: a1e3ee2cc4e84cd6907bcd99545e0796
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