How To Install libquicktime-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktime-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libquicktime-doc
libquicktime-doc is:
libquicktime is a library for reading and writing QuickTime files on UNIX systems. Video CODECs supported by this library are OpenDivX, MJPA, JPEG Photo, PNG, RGB, YUV 4:2:2, and YUV 4:2:0 compression. Supported audio CODECs are Ogg Vorbis, IMA4, ulaw, and any linear PCM format.
This package contains the html documentation of the libquicktime API.
There are three methods to install libquicktime-doc 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 libquicktime-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libquicktime-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libquicktime-doc
Install libquicktime-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libquicktime-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libquicktime-doc
Install libquicktime-doc 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 libquicktime-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libquicktime-doc
How To Uninstall libquicktime-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libquicktime-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libquicktime-doc
Uninstall libquicktime-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libquicktime-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libquicktime-doc
Remove libquicktime-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libquicktime-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libquicktime-doc
Remove libquicktime-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libquicktime-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libquicktime-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libquicktime-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
