How to Install and Uninstall libgd-perl Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "libgd-perl" package

This is a short guide on how to install libgd-perl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgd-perl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgd-perl" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libgd-perl on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgd-perl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgd-perl package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libgd-perl
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.73-1build2
Priority: extra
Section: perl
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 390
Provides: libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl, libgd-gd2-perl
Depends: perl, perlapi-5.32.1, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgd3 (>= 2.2.5-5.2)
Breaks: libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl (<= 1:2.46-2.1), libgd-gd2-perl (<= 1:2.46-3.1)
Replaces: libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl (<= 1:2.46-2.1), libgd-gd2-perl (<= 1:2.46-3.1)
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgd-perl/libgd-perl_2.73-1build2_amd64.deb
Size: 134918
MD5sum: 3c67f1e2c55da18ec5225ac6028ff3a1
SHA1: df4f6120140e8b99960834f41c067bf07559b831
SHA256: 2879248e186f607ce2bed1097be1e3875135eff6048883884e4517e944c032e3
SHA512: ee55b973111b229ec04b8be8654050736d57ac3a5cdba978b19b496ee191acd29b27b4676a23c24c081b38f5211f583f81b033a3f0a069b90d30e422935813ab
Homepage: https://github.com/lstein/Perl-GD
Description-en: Perl module wrapper for libgd
This is a autoloadable interface module for libgd, a popular library
for creating and manipulating PNG files. With this library you can
create PNG images on the fly or modify existing files. Features
include:
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* Lines, polygons, rectangles and arcs, both filled and unfilled
* Flood fills
* The use of arbitrary images as brushes and as tiled fill patterns
* Line styling (dashed lines and the like)
* Horizontal and vertical text rendering
* Support for transparency and interlacing
* Support for TrueType font rendering, via libfreetype.
* Support for spline curves, via GD::Polyline
* Support for symbolic font names, such as "helvetica:italic"
* Support for symbolic color names, such as "green", via GD::Simple
* Produces output in png, gif, jpeg and xbm format
* Produces output in svg format via GD::SVG.
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Included with the example code is the perl script qd.pl with QuickDraw
routines for generating PICT2 files (used on Apple Macintosh).
Description-md5: c5a8a5b7fb0fe0b1a331b6130847e4d9