How To Install libturbojpeg0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libturbojpeg0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libturbojpeg0-dev is Development files for the TurboJPEG library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libturbojpeg0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libturbojpeg0-dev

libturbojpeg0-dev is:

The libjpeg-turbo JPEG library is a library for handling JPEG files.

libjpeg-turbo is a JPEG image codec that uses SIMD instructions (MMX, SSE2, NEON) to accelerate baseline JPEG compression and decompression on x86, x86-64, and ARM systems.

This package contains the static library, headers and documentation for the TurboJPEG library.

There are three methods to install libturbojpeg0-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 libturbojpeg0-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 libturbojpeg0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libturbojpeg0-dev

Install libturbojpeg0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libturbojpeg0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libturbojpeg0-dev

Install libturbojpeg0-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 libturbojpeg0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libturbojpeg0-dev

How To Uninstall libturbojpeg0-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libturbojpeg0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libturbojpeg0-dev

Uninstall libturbojpeg0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libturbojpeg0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libturbojpeg0-dev

Remove libturbojpeg0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libturbojpeg0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libturbojpeg0-dev

Remove libturbojpeg0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libturbojpeg0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libturbojpeg0-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libturbojpeg0-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.