How to Install and Uninstall fontconfig Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 29,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fontconfig on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "fontconfig" package

Please follow the instructions below to install fontconfig on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fontconfig" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fontconfig on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fontconfig
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fontconfig package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: fontconfig
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.13.1-4.2ubuntu5
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 375
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.13.0), libfreetype6 (>= 2.8.1), fontconfig-config
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.13.1-4.2ubuntu5_amd64.deb
Size: 177468
MD5sum: 3a31456454a9fb0849932e835b320e66
SHA1: ea8834b0b82951f8840dc45d802f3de1c60eebc9
SHA256: 9a844b4e8c27b76f39a00dd36dc833b2c99bfa24959df9b6b0749659c31a5c1c
SHA512: 481dc19480e2d82b88891bc0b66737bc39c3f14b319991599d049d0190fc8657bd3341e56d3c6e3d0d229178d1b9a939b3a0b61367157dae65c58049e695be2b
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
Description: generic font configuration library - support binaries
Description-md5: 4c47f79299a983151349c73c189cb29a
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi