How To Install libplacebo4 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplacebo4 on Ubuntu 18.04. libplacebo4 is GPU-accelerated video/image rendering primitives (shared library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplacebo4 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libplacebo4

libplacebo4 is:

The library provides useful GPU-accelerated image processing primitives based on GLSL. It includes shader routines for decoding and transforming colors, tone mapping, dithering, and for various algorithms that sample from images, such as debanding and scaling.

This package contains the shared library.

There are three methods to install libplacebo4 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 libplacebo4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libplacebo4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libplacebo4

Install libplacebo4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libplacebo4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libplacebo4

Install libplacebo4 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 libplacebo4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libplacebo4

How To Uninstall libplacebo4 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libplacebo4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libplacebo4

Uninstall libplacebo4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libplacebo4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplacebo4

Remove libplacebo4 Configurations and Data

To remove libplacebo4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libplacebo4

Remove libplacebo4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libplacebo4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplacebo4

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libplacebo4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.