How To Install libcolorhug2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolorhug2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcolorhug2
libcolorhug2 is:
libcolorhug is a gobject-based library for using the ColorHug display colourimeter. It supports both reading values from the colourimeter and device administration, such as firmware updates.
This package contains a gobject-based convenience library for programs to interact with the ColorHug colourimeter. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libcolorhug2
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libcolorhug2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolorhug2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcolorhug2
Install libcolorhug2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcolorhug2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcolorhug2
Install libcolorhug2 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 libcolorhug2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcolorhug2
How To Uninstall libcolorhug2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcolorhug2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcolorhug2
Uninstall libcolorhug2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcolorhug2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcolorhug2
Remove libcolorhug2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcolorhug2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcolorhug2
Remove libcolorhug2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcolorhug2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcolorhug2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcolorhug2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.