How To Install libpuzzle-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpuzzle-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. libpuzzle-bin is quick similar image finder - runtime tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libpuzzle-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libpuzzle-bin

libpuzzle-bin is:

The Puzzle library is designed to quickly find visually similar images (GIF, PNG, JPG), even if they have been resized, recompressed, recolored or slightly modified.

This package contains the command-line tool: puzzle-diff.

There are three methods to install libpuzzle-bin 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 libpuzzle-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libpuzzle-bin

Install libpuzzle-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libpuzzle-bin

Install libpuzzle-bin 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 libpuzzle-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libpuzzle-bin

How To Uninstall libpuzzle-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libpuzzle-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libpuzzle-bin

Uninstall libpuzzle-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpuzzle-bin

Remove libpuzzle-bin Configurations and Data

To remove libpuzzle-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libpuzzle-bin

Remove libpuzzle-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpuzzle-bin

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Summary

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