How To Install liblensfun-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install liblensfun-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. liblensfun-dev is Lens Correction library - Development files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-dev on Debian 10.

What is liblensfun-dev

liblensfun-dev is:

Lensfun is an opensource database of photographic lenses and their characteristics. It contains three kinds of objects:

  • mounts
  • cameras
  • lenses

It is used in various photo-related software in which it allows the correction of various artifacts:

  • distortion
  • transveral (also known as lateral) chromatic aberrations
  • vignetting
  • colour contribution of the lens (correcting said “yellowish” or “blueish” images)

It provides a way to read and search for specific things in the database.

This package contains the development files.

There are three methods to install liblensfun-dev 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 liblensfun-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 liblensfun-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblensfun-dev

Install liblensfun-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblensfun-dev

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install liblensfun-dev

How To Uninstall liblensfun-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the liblensfun-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblensfun-dev

Uninstall liblensfun-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblensfun-dev

Remove liblensfun-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblensfun-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblensfun-dev

Remove liblensfun-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblensfun-dev

Dependencies

liblensfun-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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