How To Install webp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webp on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is webp
webp 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: webp Architecture: amd64 Version: 0.6.1-2 Priority: extra Section: universe/graphics Source: libwebp Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 269 Depends: freeglut3, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libgl1, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libtiff5 (>= 4.0.3), libwebp6 (>= 0.5.1), libwebpdemux2 (>= 0.5.1), libwebpmux3 (>= 0.6.1-2) Filename: pool/universe/libw/libwebp/webp_0.6.1-2_amd64.deb Size: 78544 MD5sum: 3f2f8b897e756dfecc583a36dc21534d SHA1: f3422e492d5e3d8b391ff5989230257784a18489 SHA256: 2e025ea9d5353920e6252c3f09121390e482ae5a9cb4d6581417ac0273108f6d 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 webp 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 webp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install webp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webp
Install webp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webp
Install webp 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 webp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webp
How To Uninstall webp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the webp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webp
Uninstall webp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webp
Remove webp Configurations and Data
To remove webp configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webp
Remove webp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
