How To Install libpng++-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng++-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpng++-dev
libpng++-dev is:
PNG++ aims to provide simple yet powerful C++ interface to libpng, the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) reference implementation library.
Using raw libpng in C++ may impose serious challenge since lots of precautions must be taken to handle initialization/deinitialization of control structures as well as handling errors correctly. With png++ you can read or write PNG images just in a single line of C++ code.
There are three methods to install libpng++-dev
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libpng++-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 libpng++-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpng++-dev
Install libpng++-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpng++-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpng++-dev
Install libpng++-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 libpng++-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpng++-dev
How To Uninstall libpng++-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpng++-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpng++-dev
Uninstall libpng++-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpng++-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpng++-dev
Remove libpng++-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpng++-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpng++-dev
Remove libpng++-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpng++-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpng++-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng++-dev
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.