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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "pngcrush" package

Please follow the guidance below to install pngcrush on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Learn how to uninstall pngcrush on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: pngcrush
Priority: optional
Section: universe/graphics
Installed-Size: 146
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Margarita Manterola
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.85-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.11), libpng12-0 (>= 1.2.13-4), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/universe/p/pngcrush/pngcrush_1.7.85-1_amd64.deb
Size: 47336
MD5sum: fd203ad34e159eb530f72b28f76fe0c5
SHA1: c5daef6d06bd8afc47fc50d097038e7d72aebdcd
SHA256: eb66f3175a266916fe8ab24491c0272e78ce936ff9571eb21b537d1426b746f9
Description-en: optimizes PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files
Pngcrush is an optimizer for PNG (Portable Network Graphics) files.
Its main purpose is to reduce the size of the PNG IDAT data stream by trying
various compression levels and PNG filter methods. It also can be used to
remove unwanted ancillary chunks, or to add certain chunks including gAMA,
tRNS, and textual chunks.
Description-md5: 3fa9f9dda281f8e8843940a73b1d1ed7
Homepage: http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu