How to Install and Uninstall libpng3 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: October 06,2024

1. Install "libpng3" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libpng3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libpng3
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libpng3" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libpng3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libpng3
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libpng3 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libpng3
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Source: libpng
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 9
Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.5.0-2)
Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpng/libpng3_1.2.54-1ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1030
MD5sum: 013aa6b3d0cf6820d01c55d2cec7ad56
SHA1: 2a0cf426f38bb01d55e106b276e7e0682765570e
SHA256: 07dbb0d777ed6c9173bdaeb27cc076145c7196aa6b3404f65e836d0b54a3f8b2
SHA512: e19438e1210ce87341e7e3b444ba7ec1559d49bef985d231f90331c5f295ca8a6435b0ad2bd16ba95ebc93386eba2e3f2e5d9f7e9e1734c96c4d4122e07043d7
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Description-en: PNG library - runtime
libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
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This package is superseded by libpng12-0, and is provided only for
transitional purposes.
Description-md5: 4791494f1d83a92e9c2bf9b1b0d3b76e

Package: libpng3
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 9
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Anibal Monsalve Salazar
Architecture: amd64
Source: libpng
Version: 1.2.54-1ubuntu1
Depends: libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.5.0-2)
Filename: pool/universe/libp/libpng/libpng3_1.2.54-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1028
MD5sum: 51c4da65c0062304f8591b1dc1c0b81f
SHA1: 4bb4e6e2715a5d0781adf364651b6288905b2c49
SHA256: 7af8a8b186bd9117dd9849dcfe7528d2ace6226bb474b312b45f1e28e59477cd
Description-en: PNG library - runtime
libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing
PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
.
This package is superseded by libpng12-0, and is provided only for
transitional purposes.
Description-md5: 4791494f1d83a92e9c2bf9b1b0d3b76e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://libpng.org/pub/png/libpng.html
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu