How To Install libinsane1 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinsane1 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libinsane1
libinsane1 is:
A cross-platform, cross-programming languages, cross scanner library that takes care of all the quirks of scanners.
This package installs library.
There are three methods to install libinsane1 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libinsane1 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libinsane1 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libinsane1
Install libinsane1 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libinsane1 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libinsane1
Install libinsane1 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 libinsane1 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libinsane1
How To Uninstall libinsane1 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libinsane1 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libinsane1
Uninstall libinsane1 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libinsane1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libinsane1
Remove libinsane1 Configurations and Data
To remove libinsane1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libinsane1
Remove libinsane1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libinsane1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libinsane1
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libinsane1 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.