How to Install and Uninstall libpng16-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: September 21,2024

1. Install "libpng16-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libpng16-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpng16-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpng16-dev" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libpng16-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpng16-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng16-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpng16-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 722
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpng1.6
Version: 1.6.20-2
Replaces: libpng12-0-dev, libpng12-dev, libpng2-dev, libpng3-dev
Depends: libpng16-16 (= 1.6.20-2), zlib1g-dev, libpng16-devtools (= 1.6.20-2)
Recommends: libpng16-tools
Conflicts: libpng12-0-dev, libpng12-dev, libpng2-dev, libpng3-dev
Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpng1.6/libpng16-dev_1.6.20-2_amd64.deb
Size: 247890
MD5sum: 45ca8fa66516eda54ca08bc046a490f2
SHA1: 3de0181669a8ae067eba658067b8e8fd7715af87
SHA256: c00ff33f04daac48b6c621a13efc36470ec8399c587d80fd9306c9339760315f
Description-en: PNG library - development (version 1.6)
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: 45b416ab6d5ce75a17d9b8dc7d29bbf2
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu