How To Install colord-sensor-argyll on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install colord-sensor-argyll on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is colord-sensor-argyll
colord-sensor-argyll is:
colord is a system service that makes it easy to manage, install and generate colour profiles to accurately colour manage input and output devices.
It provides a D-Bus API for system frameworks to query, a persistent data store, and a mechanism for session applications to set system policy.
This package contains a sensor plugin that uses the Argyll tools, allowing colord to support colourimeters that are supported by Argyll.
There are three methods to install colord-sensor-argyll 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 colord-sensor-argyll Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install colord-sensor-argyll using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install colord-sensor-argyll
Install colord-sensor-argyll Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install colord-sensor-argyll using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install colord-sensor-argyll
Install colord-sensor-argyll 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 colord-sensor-argyll using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install colord-sensor-argyll
How To Uninstall colord-sensor-argyll on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the colord-sensor-argyll package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove colord-sensor-argyll
Uninstall colord-sensor-argyll And Its Dependencies
To uninstall colord-sensor-argyll and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove colord-sensor-argyll
Remove colord-sensor-argyll Configurations and Data
To remove colord-sensor-argyll configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge colord-sensor-argyll
Remove colord-sensor-argyll configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove colord-sensor-argyll configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge colord-sensor-argyll
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install colord-sensor-argyll package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
