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Quick installation of libfontconfig1-dev:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: libfontconfig1-dev
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
Package Details | |
| Package: | libfontconfig1-dev |
| Version: | 2.8.0-3ubuntu9.2 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | |
| Description: | generic font configuration library - development Fontconfig is a font configuration and customization library, which does not depend on the X Window System. It is designed to locate fonts within the system and select them according to requirements specified by applications. . This package contains the static libraries and headers needed for the development of applications using fontconfig. |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | libdevel |
How to install libfontconfig1-dev on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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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 libfontconfig1-dev is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L libfontconfig1-dev' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L libfontconfig1-dev Package `libfontconfig1-dev' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing libfontconfig1-dev:
After system update use the following command to install libfontconfig1-dev:
sudo apt-get install libfontconfig1-dev
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 libfontconfig1-dev from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the libfontconfig1-dev 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 libfontconfig1-dev following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove libfontconfig1-dev
Following command is used to remove the libfontconfig1-dev package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove libfontconfig1-dev
This will remove libfontconfig1-dev and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing libfontconfig1-dev with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge libfontconfig1-dev
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove libfontconfig1-dev
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with libfontconfig1-dev package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
