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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libpng-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libpng-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libpng-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libpng-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


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

Package: libpng-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.6.40-1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libpng1.6
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Maintainers of libpng1.6 packages
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 757
Depends: libpng16-16 (= 1.6.40-1), zlib1g-dev
Recommends: libpng-tools
Conflicts: libpng12-0-dev, libpng12-dev, libpng2-dev, libpng3-dev
Breaks: libpng16-dev (<< 1.6.20-3), libpng16-devtools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Replaces: libpng16-dev (<< 1.6.20-3), libpng16-devtools (<< 1.6.21-1)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng1.6/libpng-dev_1.6.40-1_amd64.deb
Size: 264488
MD5sum: 0c8bca27431b426021c5429291517230
SHA1: 10357e776b9045f30e123c13b3bf5e8f53b69cf2
SHA256: c3b8c0e58476b6c64aa997d79565b4b968ef9974ab3f6cad6f02bd877db599ef
SHA512: 0b6b350f1e2687a5395a4663051223c7504501133e1d22b218d002cfcf9983a1bafefecc375d59764b360829aee9bf94006225d567413313287b73cfeeeb4f7b
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Description: PNG library - development (version 1.6)
Description-md5: 45b416ab6d5ce75a17d9b8dc7d29bbf2
Task: ubuntu-unity-desktop