How to Install fontconfig software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install fontconfig software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

fontconfig software package provides generic font configuration library - support binaries, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install fontconfig 

fontconfig is installed in your system.

Make ensure the fontconfig package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep fontconfig *

You will get with fontconfig package name, version, architecture and description in a table

fontconfig package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Utilities
Package fontconfig
Version 2.8.0-3ubuntu9.2 [amd64, i386]
Description generic font configuration library - support binaries
Sub Section Utils


See Also, How to uninstall or remove fontconfig software package from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)?