How to Install fontconfig software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install fontconfig software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

fontconfig software package provides generic font configuration library - support binaries, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) 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 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Utilities
Package fontconfig
Version 2.11.94-0ubuntu2
Description generic font configuration library - support binaries
Sub Section Utils


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