How To Install libmagickcore-6-headers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagickcore-6-headers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmagickcore-6-headers
libmagickcore-6-headers is:
The MagickCore API is a low-level interface between the C programming language and the ImageMagick image processing libraries and is recommended for wizard-level programmers only. Unlike the MagickWand C API which uses only a few opaque types and accessors, with MagickCore you almost exclusively access the structure members directly.
This package includes the architecture independent header files needed to compile programs using MagickCore.
This package is independent of channel depth.
There are three methods to install libmagickcore-6-headers 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 libmagickcore-6-headers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmagickcore-6-headers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmagickcore-6-headers
Install libmagickcore-6-headers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmagickcore-6-headers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmagickcore-6-headers
Install libmagickcore-6-headers 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 libmagickcore-6-headers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmagickcore-6-headers
How To Uninstall libmagickcore-6-headers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmagickcore-6-headers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmagickcore-6-headers
Uninstall libmagickcore-6-headers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmagickcore-6-headers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmagickcore-6-headers
Remove libmagickcore-6-headers Configurations and Data
To remove libmagickcore-6-headers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmagickcore-6-headers
Remove libmagickcore-6-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmagickcore-6-headers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmagickcore-6-headers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmagickcore-6-headers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
