How To Install libopenraw7 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenraw7 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libopenraw7
libopenraw7 is:
libopenraw is an ongoing project to provide a free software implementation for camera RAW files decoding. One of the main reason is that dcraw is not suited for easy integration into applications, and there is a need for an easy to use API to build free software digital image processing application.
It also has the goal to address missing feature from dcraw like meta-data decoding and easy thumbnail extraction.
There are three methods to install libopenraw7 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 libopenraw7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenraw7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopenraw7
Install libopenraw7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopenraw7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopenraw7
Install libopenraw7 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 libopenraw7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopenraw7
How To Uninstall libopenraw7 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libopenraw7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopenraw7
Uninstall libopenraw7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopenraw7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenraw7
Remove libopenraw7 Configurations and Data
To remove libopenraw7 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopenraw7
Remove libopenraw7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopenraw7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenraw7
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenraw7 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
