How To Install libevas-loaders on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas-loaders on Ubuntu 18.04. libevas-loaders is Additional file format loaders for libevas

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevas-loaders on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is `libevas-loaders`

libevas-loaders is:

This package contains programs that allow libevas to load various images and documents formats for which it has no built-in support:

There are three methods to install libevas-loaders 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 libevas-loaders Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libevas-loaders

Install libevas-loaders Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libevas-loaders

Install libevas-loaders 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 libevas-loaders using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libevas-loaders

How To Uninstall libevas-loaders on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libevas-loaders package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libevas-loaders

Uninstall libevas-loaders And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevas-loaders

Remove libevas-loaders Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libevas-loaders

Remove libevas-loaders configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevas-loaders

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Summary

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