How To Install libexempi3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexempi3 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libexempi3
libexempi3 is:
Exempi is a library to parse XMP metadata as defined by the specification.
XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF. Most notably XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.
There are three methods to install libexempi3 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 libexempi3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libexempi3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexempi3
Install libexempi3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexempi3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexempi3
Install libexempi3 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 libexempi3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexempi3
How To Uninstall libexempi3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libexempi3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexempi3
Uninstall libexempi3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexempi3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexempi3
Remove libexempi3 Configurations and Data
To remove libexempi3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexempi3
Remove libexempi3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexempi3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexempi3
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexempi3 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.