How To Install chafa on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chafa
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is chafa
chafa is:
Chafa is a command-line utility that converts all kinds of images, including animated image formats like GIFs, into ANSI/Unicode character output that can be displayed in a terminal.
It is highly configurable, with support for alpha transparency and multiple color modes and color spaces, combining a range of Unicode characters for optimal output.
The core functionality is provided by a C library with a public, well-documented API.
This package ships the command line tool.
There are three methods to install chafa
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install chafa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chafa
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chafa
Install chafa Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chafa
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chafa
Install chafa 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 chafa
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chafa
How To Uninstall chafa on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the chafa
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chafa
Uninstall chafa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chafa
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chafa
Remove chafa Configurations and Data
To remove chafa
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chafa
Remove chafa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chafa
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chafa
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chafa
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.