How To Install libimager-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimager-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libimager-perl
libimager-perl is:
Imager is a module for creating and altering images. It can read and write various image formats, draw primitive shapes like lines and polygons, blend multiple images together in various ways, scale, crop, render text and more.
Imager also has convenience functions for things like color space conversion (convert RGB to HSV and back).
There are three methods to install libimager-perl 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 libimager-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libimager-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libimager-perl
Install libimager-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libimager-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libimager-perl
Install libimager-perl 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 libimager-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libimager-perl
How To Uninstall libimager-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libimager-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libimager-perl
Uninstall libimager-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libimager-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libimager-perl
Remove libimager-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libimager-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libimager-perl
Remove libimager-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libimager-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libimager-perl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libimager-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.