How To Install octave-image on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-image on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is octave-image
octave-image is:
This package provides functions for reading, writing, and processing images to Octave, a numerical computation software. The package supports almost all image formats through the use of ImageMagick. The package also provides functions for feature extraction, image statistics, spatial and geometric transformations, morphological operations, linear filtering, and much more.
This Octave add-on package is part of the Octave-Forge project.
There are three methods to install octave-image 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 octave-image Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-image using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install octave-image
Install octave-image Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install octave-image using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install octave-image
Install octave-image 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 octave-image using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install octave-image
How To Uninstall octave-image on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the octave-image package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove octave-image
Uninstall octave-image And Its Dependencies
To uninstall octave-image and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove octave-image
Remove octave-image Configurations and Data
To remove octave-image configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge octave-image
Remove octave-image configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove octave-image configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge octave-image
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install octave-image package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
