How To Install blur-effect on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install blur-effect on Ubuntu 22.04. blur-effect is Offscreen Image Blurring utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install blur-effect on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is blur-effect

blur-effect is:

Blur-effect is an offscreen image blurring utility, based on efficient Gaussian blur with linear sampling.

This package is part of DDE (Deepin Desktop Environment).

There are three methods to install blur-effect 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 blur-effect Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install blur-effect

Install blur-effect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install blur-effect

Install blur-effect 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 blur-effect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install blur-effect

How To Uninstall blur-effect on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the blur-effect package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove blur-effect

Uninstall blur-effect And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove blur-effect

Remove blur-effect Configurations and Data

To remove blur-effect configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge blur-effect

Remove blur-effect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge blur-effect

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Summary

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