How To Install gthumb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gthumb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is gthumb-dev
gthumb-dev is:
gThumb is an advanced image viewer and browser. It has many useful features, such as filesystem browsing, slide show, image catalogs, web album creation, camera import, image CD burning, batch file operations and quick image editing features like transformation and color manipulation.
It’s designed for GNOME desktop environment and uses its platform. For camera import feature, the gPhoto2 library is used.
This package contains the files needed to develop third-party extensions.
There are three methods to install gthumb-dev 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 gthumb-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gthumb-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gthumb-dev
Install gthumb-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gthumb-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gthumb-dev
Install gthumb-dev 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 gthumb-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gthumb-dev
How To Uninstall gthumb-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the gthumb-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gthumb-dev
Uninstall gthumb-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gthumb-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gthumb-dev
Remove gthumb-dev Configurations and Data
To remove gthumb-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gthumb-dev
Remove gthumb-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gthumb-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gthumb-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gthumb-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
