How to Install and Uninstall libfontconfig-dev Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "libfontconfig-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libfontconfig-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libfontconfig-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                libfontconfig-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfontconfig-dev package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libfontconfig-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.14.2-4ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: fontconfig
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian freedesktop.org maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 592
Provides: libfontconfig1-dev (= 2.14.2-4ubuntu1)
Depends: libfontconfig1 (= 2.14.2-4ubuntu1), libexpat1-dev, libfreetype-dev (>= 2.8.1), uuid-dev, pkg-config
Replaces: libfontconfig1-dev (<< 2.13.1-3)
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/libfontconfig-dev_2.14.2-4ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 158858
MD5sum: a78e7b68fc4ce19e74df804af2d3783a
SHA1: b96a6850e28edf8cf03bbc931148f78aa5d7bee8
SHA256: eba04375c3bf923c998e7d9af362b3b1fc80413ef7eefcca7f87734dae02057b
SHA512: c75cf72468f99afc576696f9178051d8a1f54e904ab149e7a005d1bd70c1ccafcb31864d5361fcb6ec3f8e0919c2e6ff2f2b9ea58d7f9e2a2f01ea616dfe9773
Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/
Description: generic font configuration library - development
Description-md5: 050db170deaa19847a8222ec11c75166
Task: ubuntu-unity-desktop