How To Install libmagickcore-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagickcore-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmagickcore-dev
libmagickcore-dev is:
This package included header files and static libraries needed to compile programs using MagickCore.
This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new ABI of libmagickcore-6 development files for default channel depth.
This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.
Package: libmagickcore-dev Architecture: all Version: 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11 Priority: optional Section: universe/libdevel Source: imagemagick Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: ImageMagick Packaging Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 12 Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.7.2) Depends: imagemagick-6-common (= 8:6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11), libmagickcore-6.q16-dev Filename: pool/universe/i/imagemagick/libmagickcore-dev_6.9.10.23+dfsg-2.1ubuntu11_all.deb Size: 1384 MD5sum: 18a6e60b6a69e7b565ac8a75b9da27ae SHA1: b4f0be53d406d9608a36d398baf9dd85f6bc5cde SHA256: d8c7484dfbb9a45dff2c2c36435c709fe5bc54e9a3fc672562a086b5cdcb92db Homepage: https://www.imagemagick.org/ Description-en: low-level image manipulation library – dummy package This package included header files and static libraries needed to compile programs using MagickCore.
This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new ABI of libmagickcore-6 development files for default channel depth.
This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.
There are three methods to install libmagickcore-dev 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 libmagickcore-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 libmagickcore-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmagickcore-dev
Install libmagickcore-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmagickcore-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmagickcore-dev
Install libmagickcore-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 libmagickcore-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmagickcore-dev
How To Uninstall libmagickcore-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmagickcore-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmagickcore-dev
Uninstall libmagickcore-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmagickcore-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagickcore-dev
Remove libmagickcore-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmagickcore-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmagickcore-dev
Remove libmagickcore-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmagickcore-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagickcore-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagickcore-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
