How To Install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 on Debian 9.
What is libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 is:
GraphicsMagick provides libraries in several programming languages to read, write and manipulate image files across a large number of formats, from the widely used jpeg, tiff, bmp or xpm to special-purpose formats such as fits or image formats found on some photo CDs. There are functions for finegrained image processing tasks, as well as conversion routines between the various image formats.
The GraphicsMagick library is a fork of ImageMagick and therefore offers an interface that is similar in features, but intended to be more stable across releases. While compatibility does not go so far that the GraphicsMagick library serves as a drop-in replacement for ImageMagick, conversion can usually be done with little effort.
This package contains the C libraries needed to run executables that use the GraphicsMagick library.
There are three methods to install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
Install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
Install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
How To Uninstall libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
Uninstall libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
Remove libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 Configurations and Data
To remove libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
Remove libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgraphicsmagick-q16-3
Dependencies
libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.