How to Install and Uninstall libxfont1-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "libxfont1-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install libxfont1-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libxfont1-dev" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall libxfont1-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libxfont1-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libxfont1-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.4
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Source: libxfont
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian X Strike Force
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 466
Depends: libxfont1 (= 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.4), libx11-dev, x11proto-core-dev, x11proto-fonts-dev, libfreetype6-dev, libfontenc-dev (>= 1:1.0.1-1)
Filename: pool/main/libx/libxfont/libxfont1-dev_1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.4_amd64.deb
Size: 126270
MD5sum: 7096c2abd1782cb1294c52b60de38649
SHA1: a624bddb45b607f5dca83534a1171584e1c2368b
SHA256: 4732d6b181ba01a2118c1daa404abe00b4dd98fe4621a9dddda1fbd5b33ee46c
SHA512: 3efec3dc13c1e7be1c9790051e79aa0d1c96e9bb25784a81fb3c8bc6ba0311e4994d5d26033b8b45bceaee57756f59bbdea87924c551aed9fd93f6d5d6d2f4ee
Description-en: X11 font rasterisation library (development headers)
libXfont provides various services for X servers, most notably font
selection and rasterisation (through external libraries).
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This package contains the development headers for the library found in
libxfont1. Non-developers likely have little use for this package.
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More information about X.Org can be found at:

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This module can be found at
git://anongit.freedesktop.org/git/xorg/lib/libXfont
Description-md5: db66cbe62abb9446c54b7226358abd1b
Supported: 5y