How To Install libwebp6 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp6
on Debian 10.
What is libwebp6
libwebp6 is:
Image Compression format, based on the VP8 codec. WebP uses the modern VP8 compression format to deliver efficient compression of images for the web. More than 30% extra gain over optimized JPEG, for same quality, is not unusual.
There are three methods to install libwebp6
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 libwebp6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebp6
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwebp6
Install libwebp6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwebp6
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwebp6
Install libwebp6 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 libwebp6
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwebp6
How To Uninstall libwebp6 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libwebp6
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwebp6
Uninstall libwebp6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwebp6
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwebp6
Remove libwebp6 Configurations and Data
To remove libwebp6
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwebp6
Remove libwebp6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwebp6
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwebp6
Dependencies
libwebp6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwebp6
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.