How to Install and Uninstall libpng16-16 Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libpng16-16" package

This guide let you learn how to install libpng16-16 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpng16-16
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpng16-16" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpng16-16 on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpng16-16
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng16-16 package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: libpng16-16
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.37-3build3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: standard
Section: libs
Source: libpng1.6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Maintainers of libpng1.6 packages
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 353
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.11)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng1.6/libpng16-16_1.6.37-3build3_amd64.deb
Size: 184444
MD5sum: fadfa277428915405a94c28ac601ba3a
SHA1: 419315fccfcc149ffc9dd1accb907b808720ba98
SHA256: 792898b7ecb5f90eaf2a8194fb8f6db3dc95656c36e5a74d83068d7f9097cfac
SHA512: 1eb35a2ab5908be96d933177c26d53b7bc1f9ee02262c744b3943fe92331cf4ce0c468c7cf62c997e7a2cad214267da2b9bf93527fbb1e732b63e15fcc569cd1
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Description-en: PNG library - runtime (version 1.6)
libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
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This package contains the runtime library files needed to run software
using libpng.
Description-md5: d5a985e94f8651ba49089e3bee0eb18f
Task: standard