How To Install guetzli on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install guetzli on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is guetzli
guetzli is:
Guetzli is a JPEG encoder that aims for excellent compression density at high visual quality. Guetzli-generated images are typically 20-30% smaller than images of equivalent quality generated by libjpeg. Guetzli generates only sequential (nonprogressive) JPEGs due to faster decompression speeds they offer.
There are three methods to install guetzli 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 guetzli Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install guetzli using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install guetzli
Install guetzli Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install guetzli using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install guetzli
Install guetzli 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 guetzli using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install guetzli
How To Uninstall guetzli on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the guetzli package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove guetzli
Uninstall guetzli And Its Dependencies
To uninstall guetzli and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove guetzli
Remove guetzli Configurations and Data
To remove guetzli configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge guetzli
Remove guetzli configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove guetzli configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge guetzli
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install guetzli package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.