How To Install libilmbase25 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install libilmbase25 on Debian 11. libilmbase25 is several utility libraries from ILM used by OpenEXR

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libilmbase25 on Debian 11.

What is libilmbase25

libilmbase25 is:

IlmBase are a set of utility libraries released by ILM, and used in their OpenEXR implementation. Included in this package you can find:

  • libHalf: a class (Half) for manipulating “half” values (16-bit floating point format) as if they were a built-in C++ data type.

  • libIlmThread: a thread abstraction library on top of pthreads.

  • libImath: a math library with support for matrices, 2d- and 3d-transformations, solvers for linear/quadratic/cubic equations, and more.

  • libIex: an exception handling library.

There are three methods to install libilmbase25 on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libilmbase25 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libilmbase25 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libilmbase25

Install libilmbase25 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libilmbase25 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libilmbase25

Install libilmbase25 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 libilmbase25 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libilmbase25

How To Uninstall libilmbase25 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the libilmbase25 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libilmbase25

Uninstall libilmbase25 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libilmbase25 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libilmbase25

Remove libilmbase25 Configurations and Data

To remove libilmbase25 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libilmbase25

Remove libilmbase25 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libilmbase25 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libilmbase25

Dependencies

libilmbase25 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libilmbase25 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.