How To Install libtiff-tools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff-tools on Debian 10.
What is libtiff-tools
libtiff-tools is:
libtiff is a library providing support for the Tag Image File Format (TIFF), a widely used format for storing image data. This package includes tools for converting TIFF images to and from other formats and tools for doing simple manipulations of TIFF images. See also libtiff-opengl.
There are three methods to install libtiff-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 libtiff-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 libtiff-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtiff-tools
Install libtiff-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtiff-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtiff-tools
Install libtiff-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 libtiff-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtiff-tools
How To Uninstall libtiff-tools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libtiff-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtiff-tools
Uninstall libtiff-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtiff-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtiff-tools
Remove libtiff-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libtiff-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtiff-tools
Remove libtiff-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtiff-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtiff-tools
Dependencies
libtiff-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtiff-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.