How To Install libexempi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexempi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libexempi-dev
libexempi-dev is:
Exempi is a library to parse XMP metadata as defined by the specification.
XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) facilitates embedding metadata in files using a subset of RDF. Most notably XMP supports embedding metadata in PDF and many image formats, though it is designed to support nearly any file type.
This package provides development files for using exempi.
There are three methods to install libexempi-dev 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 libexempi-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libexempi-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libexempi-dev
Install libexempi-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libexempi-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libexempi-dev
Install libexempi-dev 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 libexempi-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libexempi-dev
How To Uninstall libexempi-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libexempi-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libexempi-dev
Uninstall libexempi-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libexempi-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexempi-dev
Remove libexempi-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libexempi-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libexempi-dev
Remove libexempi-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libexempi-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexempi-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libexempi-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
