How To Install libplacebo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplacebo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libplacebo-dev
libplacebo-dev is:
The library provides useful GPU-accelerated image processing primitives based on GLSL. It includes shader routines for decoding and transforming colors, tone mapping, dithering, and for various algorithms that sample from images, such as debanding and scaling.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install libplacebo-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 libplacebo-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 libplacebo-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libplacebo-dev
Install libplacebo-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libplacebo-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libplacebo-dev
Install libplacebo-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 libplacebo-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libplacebo-dev
How To Uninstall libplacebo-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libplacebo-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libplacebo-dev
Uninstall libplacebo-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libplacebo-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libplacebo-dev
Remove libplacebo-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libplacebo-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libplacebo-dev
Remove libplacebo-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libplacebo-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libplacebo-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libplacebo-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
