How to Install and Uninstall libpng12-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "libpng12-dev" package

Learn how to install libpng12-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpng12-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpng12-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpng12-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                libpng12-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng12-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpng12-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libpng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 606
Provides: libpng-dev, libpng12-0-dev, libpng3-dev
Depends: libpng12-0 (= 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1), zlib1g-dev
Conflicts: libpng-dev, libpng12-0-dev, libpng2 (<< 1.0.12-3), libpng2-dev
Replaces: libpng12-0-dev, libpng3-dev (<= 1.2.5)
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-dev_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 183356
MD5sum: 769bacfb250830ca3644821ce1f1bccb
SHA1: 3be6464227242efcad33b423be2e690dcf9be467
SHA256: 0d12b0a314ab34dd793304e6e29f24dca677b4711dbc45838046d76e4123b99d
SHA512: 04c3d57fe6ea0b07704cc91515ac006269a276fdafddb43373d4d598b873fe4247e1f6113f17404ab63f321887fac42e8d52da0d7146bdba79dfa4f1aecd68c4
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Description-en: PNG library - development
libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
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This package contains the header and development files needed to build
programs and packages using libpng.
Description-md5: 748198d86eeddc4aa1418e7d1311203c
Supported: 5y

Package: libpng12-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 606
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpng
Version: 1.2.54-1ubuntu1
Replaces: libpng12-0-dev, libpng3-dev (<= 1.2.5)
Provides: libpng-dev, libpng12-0-dev, libpng3-dev
Depends: libpng12-0 (= 1.2.54-1ubuntu1), zlib1g-dev
Conflicts: libpng-dev, libpng12-0-dev, libpng2 (<< 1.0.12-3), libpng2-dev
Filename: pool/main/libp/libpng/libpng12-dev_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 183596
MD5sum: 86e1f3131aff22981654a671b8db51dc
SHA1: 28739c288bca069caf1105f0120fa0c405830771
SHA256: 953634e3b69f112b1aee2f1f0200411e488f170e9f1fb07492e1fe80537e93e7
Description-en: PNG library - development
libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
.
This package contains the header and development files needed to build
programs and packages using libpng.
Description-md5: 748198d86eeddc4aa1418e7d1311203c
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m