How To Install libilmbase23 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libilmbase23 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libilmbase23 is several utility libraries from ILM used by OpenEXR

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libilmbase23 on Debian 10.

What is libilmbase23

libilmbase23 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 libilmbase23 on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libilmbase23 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libilmbase23 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libilmbase23

Install libilmbase23 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libilmbase23 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libilmbase23

Install libilmbase23 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libilmbase23 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libilmbase23

How To Uninstall libilmbase23 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libilmbase23 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libilmbase23

Uninstall libilmbase23 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libilmbase23 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libilmbase23

Remove libilmbase23 Configurations and Data

To remove libilmbase23 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libilmbase23

Remove libilmbase23 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libilmbase23 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libilmbase23

Dependencies

libilmbase23 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libilmbase23 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.