How To Install liblensfun-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is liblensfun-dev
liblensfun-dev 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 development files.
There are three methods to install liblensfun-dev
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 liblensfun-dev 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-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblensfun-dev
Install liblensfun-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblensfun-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblensfun-dev
Install liblensfun-dev 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-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblensfun-dev
How To Uninstall liblensfun-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the liblensfun-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblensfun-dev
Uninstall liblensfun-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblensfun-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblensfun-dev
Remove liblensfun-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblensfun-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblensfun-dev
Remove liblensfun-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblensfun-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblensfun-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.