How To Install libmng2 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmng2 on Ubuntu 22.04. libmng2 is Multiple-image Network Graphics library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmng2 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libmng2

libmng2 is:

The libmng library supports decoding, displaying, encoding, and various other manipulations of the Multiple-image Network Graphics (MNG) format image files. It uses the zlib compression library, and optionally the JPEG library by the Independent JPEG Group (IJG) and/or lcms (little cms), a color-management library by Marti Maria Saguar.

There are three methods to install libmng2 on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmng2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmng2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmng2

Install libmng2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmng2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmng2

Install libmng2 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 libmng2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmng2

How To Uninstall libmng2 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libmng2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmng2

Uninstall libmng2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmng2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmng2

Remove libmng2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmng2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmng2

Remove libmng2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmng2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmng2

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmng2 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.