How To Install libopenjp2-7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp2-7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenjp2-7-dev
libopenjp2-7-dev is:
OpenJPEG is a library for handling the JPEG 2000 image compression format. JPEG 2000 is a wavelet-based image compression standard and permits progressive transmission by pixel and resolution accuracy for progressive downloads of an encoded image. It supports lossless and lossy compression, supports higher compression than JPEG 1991, and has resilience to errors in the image.
This package contains the development files for openjpeg 2.x
There are three methods to install libopenjp2-7-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 libopenjp2-7-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 libopenjp2-7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenjp2-7-dev
Install libopenjp2-7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenjp2-7-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenjp2-7-dev
Install libopenjp2-7-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 libopenjp2-7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenjp2-7-dev
How To Uninstall libopenjp2-7-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenjp2-7-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenjp2-7-dev
Uninstall libopenjp2-7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenjp2-7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenjp2-7-dev
Remove libopenjp2-7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopenjp2-7-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenjp2-7-dev
Remove libopenjp2-7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenjp2-7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenjp2-7-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp2-7-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
