How To Install libwebp7 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp7
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libwebp7
libwebp7 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.
There are three methods to install libwebp7
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 libwebp7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebp7
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebp7
Install libwebp7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebp7
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebp7
Install libwebp7 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 libwebp7
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebp7
How To Uninstall libwebp7 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libwebp7
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebp7
Uninstall libwebp7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebp7
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebp7
Remove libwebp7 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebp7
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebp7
Remove libwebp7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebp7
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebp7
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp7
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.