How To Install opencolorio-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencolorio-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is opencolorio-tools
opencolorio-tools is:
OpenColorIO (OCIO) is a complete color management solution geared towards motion picture production with an emphasis on visual effects and computer animation. OCIO provides a straightforward and consistent user experience across all supporting applications while allowing for sophisticated back-end configuration options suitable for high-end production usage. OCIO is compatible with the Academy Color Encoding Specification (ACES) and is LUT-format agnostic, supporting many popular formats.
OpenColorIO is released as version 1.0 and has been in development since 2003. OCIO represents the culmination of years of production experience earned on such films as SpiderMan 2 (2004), Surf’s Up (2007), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), Alice in Wonderland (2010), and many more. OpenColorIO is natively supported in commercial applications like Katana, Mari, Silhouette FX, and others coming soon.
OpenColorIO is free and is one of several open source projects actively sponsored by Sony Imageworks.
This package provides some utilities.
There are three methods to install opencolorio-tools
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opencolorio-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opencolorio-tools
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opencolorio-tools
Install opencolorio-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opencolorio-tools
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opencolorio-tools
Install opencolorio-tools 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 opencolorio-tools
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opencolorio-tools
How To Uninstall opencolorio-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the opencolorio-tools
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opencolorio-tools
Uninstall opencolorio-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opencolorio-tools
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencolorio-tools
Remove opencolorio-tools Configurations and Data
To remove opencolorio-tools
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opencolorio-tools
Remove opencolorio-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opencolorio-tools
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opencolorio-tools
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencolorio-tools
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.