How to Install and Uninstall fontconfig Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "fontconfig" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fontconfig on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fontconfig
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fontconfig" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall fontconfig on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fontconfig
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Keith Packard
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 541
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), fontconfig-config
Replaces: fontconfig-config (<< 2.5.93-1)
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.11.94-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 177706
MD5sum: c758eec77606734fbde9a47b8570c85a
SHA1: 2d9ac4314bec7bc302c1a031edb6ca9c088b42f1
SHA256: 2887e082a4c31a63644c07b993ca67cf1d3d4f56a4d41d201d86da9ff2621111
SHA512: 441ef25464dd77798a4fad1f835738787802b12a5d1ff8763470264a0fe0f6fcfacd12b70120c81f6586d357b34c1be5a62a5bd5bdc7ff904bd0d57194b97075
Description-en: generic font configuration library - support binaries
Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which
does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate
fonts within the system and select them according to requirements
specified by applications.
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Fontconfig is not a rasterization library, nor does it impose a
particular rasterization library on the application. The X-specific
library 'Xft' uses fontconfig along with freetype to specify and
rasterize fonts.
.
This package contains a program to maintain the fontconfig cache
(fc-cache), a sample program to list installed fonts (fc-list), a program
to test the matching rules (fc-match) and a program to dump the binary
cache files in string form (fc-cat). It no longer makes fonts managed by defoma
available to fontconfig applications.
Description-md5: 4c47f79299a983151349c73c189cb29a
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop
Supported: 5y

Package: fontconfig
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 540
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Keith Packard
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.11.94-0ubuntu1
Replaces: fontconfig-config (<< 2.5.93-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.11.94), libfreetype6 (>= 2.2.1), fontconfig-config
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.16.1)
Filename: pool/main/f/fontconfig/fontconfig_2.11.94-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 177704
MD5sum: 0965c99a28f9f3b1481803a297937c3b
SHA1: 59e7ddca016a618889f6736fd3b6635c8aaa9584
SHA256: b733308413d0e1744dc5e18f02907a4b6962aa956cb70d8c4fecd2da2f2e0734
Description-en: generic font configuration library - support binaries
Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which
does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate
fonts within the system and select them according to requirements
specified by applications.
.
Fontconfig is not a rasterization library, nor does it impose a
particular rasterization library on the application. The X-specific
library 'Xft' uses fontconfig along with freetype to specify and
rasterize fonts.
.
This package contains a program to maintain the fontconfig cache
(fc-cache), a sample program to list installed fonts (fc-list), a program
to test the matching rules (fc-match) and a program to dump the binary
cache files in string form (fc-cat). It no longer makes fonts managed by defoma
available to fontconfig applications.
Description-md5: 4c47f79299a983151349c73c189cb29a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntu-touch, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop