How To Install dispcalgui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dispcalgui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dispcalgui
dispcalgui is:
Calibrates and characterizes display devices using a hardware sensor, driven by the open source color management system Argyll CMS. Supports multi-display setups and a variety of available settings like customizable whitepoint, luminance, black level, tone response curve as well as the creation of matrix and look-up-table ICC profiles with optional gamut mapping. Calibrations and profiles can be verified through measurements, and profiles can be installed to make them available to color management aware applications. Profile installation can utilize Argyll CMS, Oyranos and/or GNOME Color Manager if available, for flexible integration.
There are three methods to install dispcalgui on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dispcalgui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dispcalgui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dispcalgui
Install dispcalgui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dispcalgui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dispcalgui
Install dispcalgui Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dispcalgui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dispcalgui
How To Uninstall dispcalgui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dispcalgui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dispcalgui
Uninstall dispcalgui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dispcalgui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dispcalgui
Remove dispcalgui Configurations and Data
To remove dispcalgui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dispcalgui
Remove dispcalgui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dispcalgui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dispcalgui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dispcalgui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
