How To Install libicns1 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicns1 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libicns1
libicns1 is:
libicns is a library for manipulation of the Mac OS icns resource format, also known as the IconFamily resource type. It can read and write files for the Mac OS X icns format, as well as read from Mac OS resource files and macbinary encoded Mac OS resource forks.
There are three methods to install libicns1 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 libicns1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libicns1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libicns1
Install libicns1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libicns1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libicns1
Install libicns1 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 libicns1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libicns1
How To Uninstall libicns1 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libicns1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libicns1
Uninstall libicns1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libicns1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libicns1
Remove libicns1 Configurations and Data
To remove libicns1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libicns1
Remove libicns1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libicns1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libicns1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libicns1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
