Install libfreetype6 on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install libfreetype6
Learn how to install libfreetype6 with the command sudo apt-get install libfreetype6 on Ubuntus.
Quick installation of libfreetype6:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: libfreetype6
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6
Package Details | |
| Package: | libfreetype6 |
| Version: | 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.3 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://www.freetype.org |
| Description: | FreeType 2 font engine, shared library files
The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small,
efficient and ubiquitous products.
.
The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine. It has been
designed to provide the following important features:
* A universal and simple API to manage font files
* Support for several font formats through loadable modules
* High-quality anti-aliasing
* High portability & performance
.
Supported font formats include:
* TrueType files (.ttf) and collections (.ttc)
* Type 1 font files both in ASCII (.pfa) or binary (.pfb) format
* Type 1 Multiple Master fonts. The FreeType 2 API also provides
routines to manage design instances easily
* Type 1 CID-keyed fonts
* OpenType/CFF (.otf) fonts
* CFF/Type 2 fonts
* Adobe CEF fonts (.cef), used to embed fonts in SVG documents with
the Adobe SVG viewer plugin.
* Windows FNT/FON bitmap fonts
.
This package contains the files needed to run programs that use the
FreeType 2 library.
.
Home Page: http://www.freetype.org/
Authors: David Turner |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | libs |
How to install libfreetype6 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If libfreetype6 is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L libfreetype6' will give followin error.
Installing libfreetype6:
After system update use the following command to install libfreetype6:
sudo apt-get install libfreetype6
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove libfreetype6 from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the libfreetype6 from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the libfreetype6 following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove libfreetype6
Following command is used to remove the libfreetype6 package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libfreetype6
This will remove libfreetype6 and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing libfreetype6 with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge libfreetype6
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove libfreetype6
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with libfreetype6 package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.