How To Install libgphoto2-6 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2-6 on Ubuntu 20.04. libgphoto2-6 is gphoto2 digital camera library gphoto2 digital camera library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2-6 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libgphoto2-6`

libgphoto2-6 is:

The gphoto2 library can be used by applications to access various digital camera models, via standard protocols such as USB Mass Storage and PTP, or vendor-specific protocols.

This package contains the library.

The gphoto2 command-line frontend is shipped separately, in the gphoto2 package. Task: print-server, 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: libgphoto2-6 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.5.24-1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs Source: libgphoto2 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian PhotoTools Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3176 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.29), libexif12 (>= 0.6.21-1~), libgd3 (>= 2.1.0~alpha~), libgphoto2-port12 (>= 2.5.10), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libltdl7 (>= 2.4.6), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) Recommends: libgphoto2-l10n (>= 2.5.24-1) Suggests: gphoto2 (>= 2.5.7) Filename: pool/main/libg/libgphoto2/libgphoto2-6_2.5.24-1_amd64.deb Size: 643480 MD5sum: d4765a89bc3b747581a7c5820fa56683 SHA1: 8de365d79f553d8e212791c6a0970a2ac58414de SHA256: e5bada4d5662cb6245038151b9d377a28f893df0ddfa112d13002404a614e426 Homepage: https://github.com/gphoto/libgphoto2/ Description-en: gphoto2 digital camera library The gphoto2 library can be used by applications to access various digital camera models, via standard protocols such as USB Mass Storage and PTP, or vendor-specific protocols.

This package contains the library.

There are three methods to install libgphoto2-6 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 libgphoto2-6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgphoto2-6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgphoto2-6

Install libgphoto2-6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgphoto2-6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgphoto2-6

Install libgphoto2-6 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 libgphoto2-6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgphoto2-6

How To Uninstall libgphoto2-6 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgphoto2-6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgphoto2-6

Uninstall libgphoto2-6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgphoto2-6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgphoto2-6

Remove libgphoto2-6 Configurations and Data

To remove libgphoto2-6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgphoto2-6

Remove libgphoto2-6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgphoto2-6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgphoto2-6

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgphoto2-6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.