How to Install and Uninstall libxft-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libxft-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libxft-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libxft-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libxft-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libxft-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: libxft-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.3-0ubuntu4
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: xft
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 188
Provides: libxft2-dev
Depends: libxft2 (= 2.3.3-0ubuntu4), libc6-dev | libc-dev, libfontconfig1-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libx11-dev (>= 2:1.0.0), libxrender-dev, zlib1g-dev | libz-dev
Filename: pool/main/x/xft/libxft-dev_2.3.3-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 52756
MD5sum: 14401e0bdc96c6b6ee7befd86d651cb8
SHA1: a088789717810381ef877df3a9cf0821162a42e3
SHA256: f45a9875eb826a8c84d1fd768f52a346490332302101faf9c3019dce8cc9eeb1
SHA512: 7d9f275d56955797e83bd080eee23769265675faaedbcd0f1a4f2eac0a9f0ecd9b4f65e7a47aebd036b6ef5731bb9a32d772778abb54f5c203057367fe857bd3
Description-en: FreeType-based font drawing library for X (development files)
Xft provides a client-side font API for X applications, making the FreeType
font rasterizer available to X clients. Fontconfig is used for font
specification resolution. Where available, the RENDER extension handles
glyph drawing; otherwise, the core X protocol is used.
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This package provides a static library and C header files.
Description-md5: 361e21531f0392d4741d24575db55848