How To Install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 is GDK Pixbuf library - GObject-Introspection GDK Pixbuf library - GObject-Introspection

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0`

gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 is:

The GDK Pixbuf library provides:

Image loading and saving facilities.
Fast scaling and compositing of pixbufs.
Simple animation loading (ie. animated GIFs)

It can be used by packages using the GIRepository format to generate dynamic bindings. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.40.0+dfsg-3 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: introspection Source: gdk-pixbuf Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 46 Provides: gir1.2-gdkpixdata-2.0 (= 2.40.0+dfsg-3) Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0 (>= 0.9.3), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.39.2) Breaks: libgtk3-perl (« 0.034-2~) Filename: pool/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0_2.40.0+dfsg-3_amd64.deb Size: 8256 MD5sum: 73da83a993a488be715282e8e3970cc3 SHA1: adea706f05c05e2a1f5d5b3377c85838287365e1 SHA256: da0da31052e882dd5466d562f3b69886358fcb1c86de14e41483c35c515d6ea3 Homepage: http://www.gtk.org/ Description-en: GDK Pixbuf library - GObject-Introspection The GDK Pixbuf library provides:

Image loading and saving facilities.
Fast scaling and compositing of pixbufs.
Simple animation loading (ie. animated GIFs)

There are three methods to install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

Install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

Install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 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 gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

How To Uninstall gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

Uninstall gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

Remove gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 Configurations and Data

To remove gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

Remove gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.