How To Install glue-sprite on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install glue-sprite on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is glue-sprite
glue-sprite is:
Glue is a simple command line tool to generate CSS sprites using any kind of source images like PNG, JPEG or GIF. Glue will generate a unique PNG file containing every source image and a CSS file including the necessary CSS classes to use the sprite.
There are three methods to install glue-sprite 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 glue-sprite Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install glue-sprite using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install glue-sprite
Install glue-sprite Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install glue-sprite using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install glue-sprite
Install glue-sprite 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 glue-sprite using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install glue-sprite
How To Uninstall glue-sprite on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the glue-sprite package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove glue-sprite
Uninstall glue-sprite And Its Dependencies
To uninstall glue-sprite and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove glue-sprite
Remove glue-sprite Configurations and Data
To remove glue-sprite configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge glue-sprite
Remove glue-sprite configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove glue-sprite configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge glue-sprite
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install glue-sprite package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.