How To Install gimp-gmic on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-gmic on Ubuntu 20.04. gimp-gmic is GREYCs Magic for Image Computing - GIMP Plugin

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-gmic on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is gimp-gmic

gimp-gmic is:

G’MIC is an open and full-featured framework for image processing, providing several different user interfaces to convert/manipulate/filter/visualize generic image datasets, from 1d scalar signals to 3d+t sequences of multi-spectral volumetric images.

This package contains the GIMP plugin. Task: ubuntustudio-publishing, ubuntustudio-photography, ubuntustudio-graphics

There are three methods to install gimp-gmic 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-gmic 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-gmic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gimp-gmic

Install gimp-gmic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gimp-gmic using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gimp-gmic

Install gimp-gmic 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-gmic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gimp-gmic

How To Uninstall gimp-gmic on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the gimp-gmic package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gimp-gmic

Uninstall gimp-gmic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gimp-gmic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gimp-gmic

Remove gimp-gmic Configurations and Data

To remove gimp-gmic configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gimp-gmic

Remove gimp-gmic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gimp-gmic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gimp-gmic

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gimp-gmic package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.