How To Install libjpeg-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libjpeg-tools
libjpeg-tools is:
A complete implementation of 10918-1 (JPEG) coming from jpeg.org (the ISO group) with extensions for HDR currently discussed for standardization.
This release also includes the “JPEG on Steroids” improvements implemented for the ICIP 2016 Grand Challenge on Image Compression.
There are three methods to install libjpeg-tools
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 libjpeg-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libjpeg-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libjpeg-tools
Install libjpeg-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libjpeg-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libjpeg-tools
Install libjpeg-tools 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 libjpeg-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libjpeg-tools
How To Uninstall libjpeg-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libjpeg-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libjpeg-tools
Uninstall libjpeg-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libjpeg-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjpeg-tools
Remove libjpeg-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libjpeg-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libjpeg-tools
Remove libjpeg-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libjpeg-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjpeg-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libjpeg-tools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.