How To Install libmjpegtools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmjpegtools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmjpegtools-dev
libmjpegtools-dev is:
The mjpeg programs are a set of tools that can do recording of videos and playback, simple cut-and-paste editing and the MPEG compression of audio and video under Linux.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libmjpegtools-dev 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 libmjpegtools-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 libmjpegtools-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmjpegtools-dev
Install libmjpegtools-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmjpegtools-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmjpegtools-dev
Install libmjpegtools-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 libmjpegtools-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmjpegtools-dev
How To Uninstall libmjpegtools-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmjpegtools-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmjpegtools-dev
Uninstall libmjpegtools-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmjpegtools-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmjpegtools-dev
Remove libmjpegtools-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmjpegtools-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmjpegtools-dev
Remove libmjpegtools-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmjpegtools-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmjpegtools-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmjpegtools-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.