How To Install libpng-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install libpng-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libpng-tools is PNG library - tools (version 1.6)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng-tools on Debian 10.

What is libpng-tools

libpng-tools is:

libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.

This package contains a program to interact with libpng from the command line.

There are three methods to install libpng-tools on Debian 10. 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-tools 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-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libpng-tools

Install libpng-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpng-tools

Install libpng-tools 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libpng-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpng-tools

How To Uninstall libpng-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libpng-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpng-tools

Uninstall libpng-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libpng-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpng-tools

Remove libpng-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libpng-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpng-tools

Remove libpng-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpng-tools

Dependencies

libpng-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.