How To Install libvips-doc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvips-doc on Debian 10.
What is libvips-doc
libvips-doc is:
VIPS is an image processing system designed with efficiency in mind. It is good with large images (ones that larger than the amount of RAM in your machine), and for working with colour. It can perform many image manipulation tasks much faster than other packages such as ImageMagick and the GIMP and includes some special features such as creating single “mosaic” images from multiple parts.
VIPS consists of two main components: an image processing library with some command-line tools and a spreadsheet-like graphical user interface. The graphical interface is available in the nip2 package.
This package includes complete documentation for the VIPS system. It includes the application programmers’ guide, the library programmers' guide, the C++ programmers’ guide, and the reference guide, as well as HTML versions of the program and library manual pages.
There are three methods to install libvips-doc 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 libvips-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 libvips-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvips-doc
Install libvips-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvips-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvips-doc
Install libvips-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvips-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvips-doc
How To Uninstall libvips-doc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libvips-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvips-doc
Uninstall libvips-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvips-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvips-doc
Remove libvips-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libvips-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvips-doc
Remove libvips-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvips-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvips-doc
Dependencies
libvips-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvips-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.