How to Install and Uninstall libgd-perl Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "libgd-perl" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libgd-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libgd-perl
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libgd-perl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libgd-perl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libgd-perl
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libgd-perl package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libgd-perl
Priority: extra
Section: perl
Installed-Size: 405
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.53-2.1
Replaces: libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl (<= 1:2.46-2.1), libgd-gd2-perl (<= 1:2.46-3.1)
Provides: libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl, libgd-gd2-perl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgd3 (>= 2.1.0~alpha~), perl (>= 5.22.1-4), perlapi-5.22.1
Breaks: libgd-gd2-noxpm-perl (<= 1:2.46-2.1), libgd-gd2-perl (<= 1:2.46-3.1)
Filename: pool/main/libg/libgd-perl/libgd-perl_2.53-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 162262
MD5sum: 8721df361ff4925540150e0090f983db
SHA1: fe165adcc02249a00f2edd01baa7875e7742d5ef
SHA256: 8d3a8f9f6480719ace3055e3fe8eca7e0213d038290c2d09f2fb011c51ba5156
Description-en: Perl module wrapper for libgd
This is a autoloadable interface module for libgd, a popular library
for creating and manipulating PNG files. With this library you can
create PNG images on the fly or modify existing files. Features
include:
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* Lines, polygons, rectangles and arcs, both filled and unfilled
* Flood fills
* The use of arbitrary images as brushes and as tiled fill patterns
* Line styling (dashed lines and the like)
* Horizontal and vertical text rendering
* Support for transparency and interlacing
* Support for TrueType font rendering, via libfreetype.
* Support for spline curves, via GD::Polyline
* Support for symbolic font names, such as "helvetica:italic"
* Support for symbolic color names, such as "green", via GD::Simple
* Produces output in png, gif, jpeg and xbm format
* Produces output in svg format via GD::SVG.
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Included with the example code is the perl script qd.pl with QuickDraw
routines for generating PICT2 files (used on Apple Macintosh).
Description-md5: c5a8a5b7fb0fe0b1a331b6130847e4d9
Homepage: https://github.com/lstein/Perl-GD
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y