How To Install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin on Ubuntu 20.04. libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin is GDK Pixbuf library (thumbnailer) GDK Pixbuf library (thumbnailer)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin`

libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin is:

The GDK Pixbuf library provides:

Image loading and saving facilities.
Fast scaling and compositing of pixbufs.
Simple animation loading (ie. animated GIFs)

This package contains the GDK pixdata compression utility, the thumbnailer and a utility for converting images into C code. Task: 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

Package: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.40.0+dfsg-3 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: libs Source: gdk-pixbuf Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 82 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.35.4), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.48.0) Breaks: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (« 2.36.12-2~) Replaces: libgdk-pixbuf2.0-dev (« 2.36.12-2~) Filename: pool/main/g/gdk-pixbuf/libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin_2.40.0+dfsg-3_amd64.deb Size: 14132 MD5sum: 1b55fd967248b1ae0e2ebe2488e136c3 SHA1: 43c0399ba11db58e2f1f0bb6052520b3f70725d0 SHA256: bcaa33dd3e68c6df805b9318dae02e405a4a4f9d00b37f7d8e28acad8bbec3f6 Homepage: http://www.gtk.org/ Description-en: GDK Pixbuf library (thumbnailer) The GDK Pixbuf library provides:

Image loading and saving facilities.
Fast scaling and compositing of pixbufs.
Simple animation loading (ie. animated GIFs)

There are three methods to install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin 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 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin

Install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin

Install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin 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 libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin

How To Uninstall libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin

Uninstall libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin

Remove libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin

Remove libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdk-pixbuf2.0-bin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.