How To Install edisplay on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install edisplay on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is edisplay
edisplay is:
ExactImage is a fast C++ image processing library. Unlike many other library frameworks it allows operation in several color spaces and bit depths natively, resulting in low memory and computational requirements.
This package contains the image viewer.
There are three methods to install edisplay 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 edisplay Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install edisplay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install edisplay
Install edisplay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install edisplay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install edisplay
Install edisplay 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 edisplay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install edisplay
How To Uninstall edisplay on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the edisplay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove edisplay
Uninstall edisplay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall edisplay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove edisplay
Remove edisplay Configurations and Data
To remove edisplay configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge edisplay
Remove edisplay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove edisplay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge edisplay
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install edisplay package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
