How To Install gimp-dds on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-dds
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gimp-dds
gimp-dds is:
gimp-dds is a plugin for GIMP that lets you manipulate Microsoft DirectDraw surfaces. These kind of files are widely used in 3D games for textures and the like.
There are three methods to install gimp-dds
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 gimp-dds Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gimp-dds
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gimp-dds
Install gimp-dds Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gimp-dds
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gimp-dds
Install gimp-dds 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 gimp-dds
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gimp-dds
How To Uninstall gimp-dds on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gimp-dds
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gimp-dds
Uninstall gimp-dds And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gimp-dds
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gimp-dds
Remove gimp-dds Configurations and Data
To remove gimp-dds
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gimp-dds
Remove gimp-dds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gimp-dds
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gimp-dds
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-dds
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.