How To Install libwim15 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwim15 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwim15
libwim15 is:
wimlib is a C library for extracting, creating, modifying, and mounting WIM (Windows Imaging) files.
WIM is an archive format designed primarily for archiving Windows filesystems. It features single-instancing and LZ77-based compression, and is used by Microsoft to distribute and deploy Windows Vista and later.
There are three methods to install libwim15 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 libwim15 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libwim15 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwim15
Install libwim15 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwim15 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwim15
Install libwim15 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 libwim15 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwim15
How To Uninstall libwim15 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwim15 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwim15
Uninstall libwim15 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwim15 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwim15
Remove libwim15 Configurations and Data
To remove libwim15 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwim15
Remove libwim15 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwim15 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwim15
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwim15 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
