How To Install gpicview-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpicview-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. gpicview-dbg is lightweight image viewer (debug)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpicview-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gpicview-dbg

gpicview-dbg is:

GPicView is a lightweight GTK+ 2.x based image viewer.

This package contains the debugging symbols.

There are three methods to install gpicview-dbg 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 gpicview-dbg Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gpicview-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gpicview-dbg

Install gpicview-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gpicview-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gpicview-dbg

Install gpicview-dbg 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 gpicview-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gpicview-dbg

How To Uninstall gpicview-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gpicview-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gpicview-dbg

Uninstall gpicview-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gpicview-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gpicview-dbg

Remove gpicview-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove gpicview-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gpicview-dbg

Remove gpicview-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gpicview-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gpicview-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gpicview-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.