How To Install eog-plugin-picasa on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install eog-plugin-picasa on Ubuntu 18.04. eog-plugin-picasa is Picasa plugin for GNOME Image Viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eog-plugin-picasa on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is eog-plugin-picasa

eog-plugin-picasa is:

eog-plugins contain a set of plugins for eog, the GNOME Image Viewer.

This plugin allows uploading images to Google Picasa.

There are three methods to install eog-plugin-picasa 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 eog-plugin-picasa Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install eog-plugin-picasa using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install eog-plugin-picasa

Install eog-plugin-picasa Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install eog-plugin-picasa using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install eog-plugin-picasa

Install eog-plugin-picasa 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 eog-plugin-picasa using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eog-plugin-picasa

How To Uninstall eog-plugin-picasa on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the eog-plugin-picasa package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eog-plugin-picasa

Uninstall eog-plugin-picasa And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eog-plugin-picasa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eog-plugin-picasa

Remove eog-plugin-picasa Configurations and Data

To remove eog-plugin-picasa configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eog-plugin-picasa

Remove eog-plugin-picasa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove eog-plugin-picasa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eog-plugin-picasa

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eog-plugin-picasa package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.