How to Install libpng12-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

How to Install libpng12-dev software package in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)

libpng12-dev software package provides PNG library - development, you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install libpng12-dev 

libpng12-dev is installed in your system.

Make ensure the libpng12-dev package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libpng12-dev *

You will get with libpng12-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table

libpng12-dev package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr
Section Library development
Package libpng12-dev
Version 1.2.50-1ubuntu2.14.04.2 [amd64
Description PNG library - development
Sub Section libdevel


See Also, How to uninstall or remove libpng12-dev software package from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr)?