How To Install libwmf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libwmf-dev
libwmf-dev is:
Windows metafile (WMF) is a picture format used by many Windows programs, e.g. Microsoft Word. libwmf is a library for interpreting metafile images and either displaying them using X or converting them to standard formats such as PNG, JPEG, PS, EPS and SVG(Z)…
This package contains the static library and header files.
There are three methods to install libwmf-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 libwmf-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 libwmf-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libwmf-dev
Install libwmf-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libwmf-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libwmf-dev
Install libwmf-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 libwmf-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libwmf-dev
How To Uninstall libwmf-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libwmf-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libwmf-dev
Uninstall libwmf-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libwmf-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libwmf-dev
Remove libwmf-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libwmf-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libwmf-dev
Remove libwmf-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libwmf-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libwmf-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libwmf-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
