How To Install libnordlicht-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnordlicht-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnordlicht-dev
libnordlicht-dev is:
nordlicht converts video files into colorful barcodes. It’s heavily inspired by the “moviebarcode” tumblr. It takes the video’s frames in regular intervals, scales them to 1px width, and appends them. The resulting barcodes can be integrated into video players for simplified navigation.
This package contains the development files which are needed if you want to include nordlicht functionality into your own applications.
There are three methods to install libnordlicht-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 libnordlicht-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 libnordlicht-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnordlicht-dev
Install libnordlicht-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnordlicht-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnordlicht-dev
Install libnordlicht-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 libnordlicht-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnordlicht-dev
How To Uninstall libnordlicht-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnordlicht-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnordlicht-dev
Uninstall libnordlicht-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnordlicht-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnordlicht-dev
Remove libnordlicht-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libnordlicht-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnordlicht-dev
Remove libnordlicht-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnordlicht-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnordlicht-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnordlicht-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
