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

Last updated: May 02,2024

You can also install and uninstall the pngquant 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 "pngquant" package

Please follow the steps below to install pngquant on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "pngquant" package

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


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

Package: pngquant
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.13.1-1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 66
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libimagequant0 (>= 2.11.10), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pngquant/pngquant_2.13.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 19712
MD5sum: f1c3354153500cc0e5d51f798ca2ee70
SHA1: 8052301d7bcf7eaf6682cef90877d7e7703a1d9d
SHA256: b406d1bd71e5400b89b7a3cf53e74e949bee1776f30614e72bcdad81f9fd7f33
SHA512: f32cfba3442fc0b4cc2e9f9cb413dc93947bfca7e7f7df35a5ae886077a55cc72a01b8e7eb9bacb94cebf76caaac66786243e76f41b41ef173fe64d5b4eae2cb
Homepage: https://pngquant.org/
Description: PNG (Portable Network Graphics) image optimising utility
Description-md5: 1d0769779d5bab0eb300ce90eee9ee09