How To Install libepsilon1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libepsilon1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libepsilon1
libepsilon1 is:
Epsilon is C library for Wavelet based lossy image compression. Wavelet-driven compressors are know to be much more effective than traditional DCT-based ones (like JPEG).
At the moment, the program supports about 30 different wavelet filters, runs in parallel in multi-threaded and MPI environments, can process huge images and much more.
This package contains files required to build C/C++ programs which use the Epsilon library.
There are three methods to install libepsilon1 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 libepsilon1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libepsilon1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libepsilon1
Install libepsilon1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libepsilon1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libepsilon1
Install libepsilon1 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 libepsilon1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libepsilon1
How To Uninstall libepsilon1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libepsilon1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libepsilon1
Uninstall libepsilon1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libepsilon1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libepsilon1
Remove libepsilon1 Configurations and Data
To remove libepsilon1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libepsilon1
Remove libepsilon1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libepsilon1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libepsilon1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libepsilon1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
