How To Install giflib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is giflib-tools
giflib-tools is:
GIFLIB is a package of portable tools and library routines for working with GIF images.
This package contains additional utilities.
There are three methods to install giflib-tools 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 giflib-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install giflib-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install giflib-tools
Install giflib-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install giflib-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install giflib-tools
Install giflib-tools 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 giflib-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install giflib-tools
How To Uninstall giflib-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the giflib-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove giflib-tools
Uninstall giflib-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall giflib-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove giflib-tools
Remove giflib-tools Configurations and Data
To remove giflib-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge giflib-tools
Remove giflib-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove giflib-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge giflib-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install giflib-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
