How To Install libwebp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libwebp-dev
libwebp-dev is:
Image Compression format, based on the VP8 codec. WebP uses the modern VP8 compression format to deliver efficient compression of images for the web. More than 30% extra gain over optimized JPEG, for same quality, is not unusual.
Package: libwebp-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.6.1-2 Multi-Arch: same Priority: extra Section: libdevel Source: libwebp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 906 Depends: libwebp6 (= 0.6.1-2), libwebpmux3 (= 0.6.1-2), libwebpdemux2 (= 0.6.1-2) Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebp/libwebp-dev_0.6.1-2_amd64.deb Size: 267076 MD5sum: ff9c7eb726a68678601a47051331eb9d SHA1: 57461e0adbcd9dc67b6720b7f68370e9abe827c2 SHA256: 2400e1d86ba04d8ca0f11454aa2f2a3bd0aa725504e7cfdd50b9c35214e4d8bb Homepage: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/ Description-en: Lossy compression of digital photographic images. Image Compression format, based on the VP8 codec. WebP uses the modern VP8 compression format to deliver efficient compression of images for the web. More than 30% extra gain over optimized JPEG, for same quality, is not unusual.
There are three methods to install libwebp-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 libwebp-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 libwebp-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebp-dev
Install libwebp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebp-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebp-dev
Install libwebp-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 libwebp-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebp-dev
How To Uninstall libwebp-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libwebp-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebp-dev
Uninstall libwebp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebp-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebp-dev
Remove libwebp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwebp-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebp-dev
Remove libwebp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebp-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.