How To Install libics-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libics-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libics-dev
libics-dev is:
This is the reference library for ICS (Image Cytometry Standard), an open standard for writing images of any dimensionality and data type to file, together with associated information regarding the recording equipment or recorded subject.
This package contains the libraries needed to build ICS applications.
There are three methods to install libics-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 libics-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 libics-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libics-dev
Install libics-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libics-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libics-dev
Install libics-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 libics-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libics-dev
How To Uninstall libics-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libics-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libics-dev
Uninstall libics-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libics-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libics-dev
Remove libics-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libics-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libics-dev
Remove libics-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libics-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libics-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libics-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
