How To Install libpuzzle-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpuzzle-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libpuzzle-dev
libpuzzle-dev 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 development files.
There are three methods to install libpuzzle-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 libpuzzle-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 libpuzzle-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpuzzle-dev
Install libpuzzle-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpuzzle-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpuzzle-dev
Install libpuzzle-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 libpuzzle-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpuzzle-dev
How To Uninstall libpuzzle-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libpuzzle-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpuzzle-dev
Uninstall libpuzzle-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpuzzle-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpuzzle-dev
Remove libpuzzle-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libpuzzle-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpuzzle-dev
Remove libpuzzle-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpuzzle-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpuzzle-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpuzzle-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
