How To Install libilmbase12 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libilmbase12 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libilmbase12
libilmbase12 is:
IlmBase are a set of utility libraries released by ILM, and used in their OpenEXR implementation. Included in this package you can find:
libHalf: a class (Half) for manipulating “half” values (16-bit floating point format) as if they were a built-in C++ data type.
libIlmThread: a thread abstraction library on top of pthreads.
libImath: a math library with support for matrices, 2d- and 3d-transformations, solvers for linear/quadratic/cubic equations, and more.
libIex: an exception handling library.
There are three methods to install libilmbase12 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 libilmbase12 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libilmbase12 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libilmbase12
Install libilmbase12 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libilmbase12 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libilmbase12
Install libilmbase12 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 libilmbase12 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libilmbase12
How To Uninstall libilmbase12 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libilmbase12 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libilmbase12
Uninstall libilmbase12 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libilmbase12 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libilmbase12
Remove libilmbase12 Configurations and Data
To remove libilmbase12 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libilmbase12
Remove libilmbase12 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libilmbase12 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libilmbase12
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libilmbase12 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
