How To Install graphicsmagick on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphicsmagick on Debian 10.
What is graphicsmagick
graphicsmagick is:
GraphicsMagick provides a set of command-line applications to manipulate image files. It is a fork of the ImageMagick project and therefore offers a similar set of features, but puts a larger emphasis on stability.
The tools support a large variety of image formats from the widely used jpeg, tiff, bmp or xpm to special-purpose formats such as fits or image formats found on some photo CDs. They can convert between formats, concatenate several images into one, annotate and distort them, create thumbnails or manipulate the colormap. While all features are available from the command-line, the package also includes an image viewer that allows interactive manipulation.
Note that unlike ImageMagick, the GraphicsMagick tools are accessed through a single executable called ‘gm’. Therefore, GraphicsMagick and ImageMagick can be used in parallel. Install package graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat to obtain a set of several executables that is compatible to ImageMagick’s interface.
There are three methods to install graphicsmagick on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install graphicsmagick Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install graphicsmagick using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install graphicsmagick
Install graphicsmagick Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install graphicsmagick using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install graphicsmagick
Install graphicsmagick 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install graphicsmagick using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install graphicsmagick
How To Uninstall graphicsmagick on Debian 10
To uninstall only the graphicsmagick package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove graphicsmagick
Uninstall graphicsmagick And Its Dependencies
To uninstall graphicsmagick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove graphicsmagick
Remove graphicsmagick Configurations and Data
To remove graphicsmagick configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge graphicsmagick
Remove graphicsmagick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove graphicsmagick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge graphicsmagick
Dependencies
graphicsmagick have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install graphicsmagick package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.