How to Install and Uninstall libpng16-16 Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "libpng16-16" package

This is a short guide on how to install libpng16-16 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libpng16-16 on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libpng16-16
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.37-3build4
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_1.6.37-3build4_amd64.deb
Size: 191104
MD5sum: bfe1256fbd9a59e7cb71194fcef495ff
SHA1: 9d3f885775178904cdfc5a26184ea38ace754d40
SHA256: 046e32db1d78123cb9faa50fac3dff5d8500d41d6c7917e07d7614876f8b2fb1
SHA512: 5d309f501206eb94830789229183a890b2e29910637cdeb9e151262f529440e151a5bdffb7157c12e56d564cd3dedba2ad1305f6dc0d20a652d6cbee35c4bb66
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