How To Install libics-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libics-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libics-doc is Image Cytometry Standard file reading and writing (doc)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libics-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libics-doc

libics-doc 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 documentation for ICS

There are three methods to install libics-doc 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-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libics-doc

Install libics-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libics-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libics-doc

Install libics-doc 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-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libics-doc

How To Uninstall libics-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libics-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libics-doc

Uninstall libics-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libics-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libics-doc

Remove libics-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libics-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libics-doc

Remove libics-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libics-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libics-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libics-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.