How To Install libpng-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng-tools on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libpng-tools
libpng-tools is:
libpng is a library implementing an interface for reading and writing PNG (Portable Network Graphics) format files.
This package contains a program to interact with libpng from the command line.
There are three methods to install libpng-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 libpng-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 libpng-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libpng-tools
Install libpng-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libpng-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libpng-tools
Install libpng-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 libpng-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libpng-tools
How To Uninstall libpng-tools on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libpng-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libpng-tools
Uninstall libpng-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libpng-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libpng-tools
Remove libpng-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libpng-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libpng-tools
Remove libpng-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libpng-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libpng-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libpng-tools package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
