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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "libxft-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to install libxft-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install libxft-dev

2. Uninstall "libxft-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall libxft-dev on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):

$ sudo apt remove libxft-dev $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the libxft-dev package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libxft-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.6-1
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: 273
Provides: libxft2-dev
Depends: libxft2 (= 2.3.6-1), 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_2.3.6-1_amd64.deb
Size: 64466
MD5sum: 9e31c0b41e2b5ca9596fbaff1c3cfabb
SHA1: 17c1af1d86f36cb2258d1858f4d45818bcc49ab2
SHA256: 684950f77263904125d6915316e83c0fa7701575c4abb5da4e813ebc41b07c64
SHA512: 19363ce42f5c3a035e147ecdb922a6d9875f0686bf1e531cbd3d71c1ec5b9443f9a5b36cc23657bf20793768014acc663476624446bf6653af0c08ee13bafd22
Description: FreeType-based font drawing library for X (development files)
Description-md5: 361e21531f0392d4741d24575db55848