How To Install liblensfun-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is liblensfun-bin
liblensfun-bin is:
Lensfun is an opensource database of photographic lenses and their characteristics. It contains three kinds of objects:
- mounts
- cameras
- lenses
It is used in various photo-related software in which it allows the correction of various artifacts:
- distortion
- transveral (also known as lateral) chromatic aberrations
- vignetting
- colour contribution of the lens (correcting said “yellowish” or “blueish” images)
It provides a way to read and search for specific things in the database.
This package contains the utilities.
There are three methods to install liblensfun-bin 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 liblensfun-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblensfun-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblensfun-bin
Install liblensfun-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblensfun-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblensfun-bin
Install liblensfun-bin 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 liblensfun-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblensfun-bin
How To Uninstall liblensfun-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the liblensfun-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblensfun-bin
Uninstall liblensfun-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblensfun-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblensfun-bin
Remove liblensfun-bin Configurations and Data
To remove liblensfun-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblensfun-bin
Remove liblensfun-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblensfun-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblensfun-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
