How To Install imagemagick-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagemagick-common on Ubuntu 18.04. imagemagick-common is image manipulation programs – infrastructure dummy package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagemagick-common on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is imagemagick-common

imagemagick-common is:

imagemagick-common contained the filesystem infrastructure required for further installation of imagemagick in any configuration.

This is a transitional package to help migrate systems to the new imagemagick-6-common package.

This is a dummy package. You can safely purge or remove it.

There are three methods to install imagemagick-common 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 imagemagick-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install imagemagick-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install imagemagick-common

Install imagemagick-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install imagemagick-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install imagemagick-common

Install imagemagick-common 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 imagemagick-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install imagemagick-common

How To Uninstall imagemagick-common on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the imagemagick-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove imagemagick-common

Uninstall imagemagick-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall imagemagick-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove imagemagick-common

Remove imagemagick-common Configurations and Data

To remove imagemagick-common configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge imagemagick-common

Remove imagemagick-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove imagemagick-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imagemagick-common

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install imagemagick-common package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.