How To Install libopenjp3d7 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp3d7 on Ubuntu 18.04. libopenjp3d7 is JP3D (JPEG 2000 / Part 10) image compression/decompression library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp3d7 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libopenjp3d7

libopenjp3d7 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 is an implementation of the JPEG 2000 (JP3D) volumetric imaging (Part-10)

There are three methods to install libopenjp3d7 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 libopenjp3d7 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenjp3d7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenjp3d7

Install libopenjp3d7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenjp3d7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenjp3d7

Install libopenjp3d7 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 libopenjp3d7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenjp3d7

How To Uninstall libopenjp3d7 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libopenjp3d7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenjp3d7

Uninstall libopenjp3d7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenjp3d7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenjp3d7

Remove libopenjp3d7 Configurations and Data

To remove libopenjp3d7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenjp3d7

Remove libopenjp3d7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenjp3d7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenjp3d7

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenjp3d7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.