How To Install libgnuift0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuift0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgnuift0-dev
libgnuift0-dev is:
The GIFT (the GNU Image-Finding Tool) is a Content Based Image Retrieval System (CBIRS). It enables you to do Query By Example on images, giving you the opportunity to improve query results by relevance feedback. For processing your queries the program relies entirely on the content of the images, freeing you from the need to annotate all images before querying the collection.
The GIFT is an open framework. The communication protocol for client-server communication, MRML, is XML based and fully documented (http://www.mrml.net).
To avoid a name clash with the “gift” package (a fasttrack filesharing client), these packages have been named “gnuift” (also to stress that gnuift is a GNU project).
There are three methods to install libgnuift0-dev 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 libgnuift0-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnuift0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgnuift0-dev
Install libgnuift0-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgnuift0-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgnuift0-dev
Install libgnuift0-dev 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 libgnuift0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgnuift0-dev
How To Uninstall libgnuift0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgnuift0-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgnuift0-dev
Uninstall libgnuift0-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgnuift0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnuift0-dev
Remove libgnuift0-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libgnuift0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgnuift0-dev
Remove libgnuift0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgnuift0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnuift0-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuift0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
