libfreetype6-dev software package provides FreeType 2 font engine, development files, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libfreetype6-dev
libfreetype6-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libfreetype6-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libfreetype6-dev *
You will get with libfreetype6-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libfreetype6-dev |
| Version | 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2 |
| Description | FreeType 2 font engine, development files |
| Sub Section | Devel |
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