How To Install pictor on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pictor on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is pictor
pictor is:
Pictor is a simple web application for browsing your pictures in a in a filesystem (without a complicated database schema). Pictures are organized in filesystem directories of any depth. Albums are directories that contain pictures. Thumbnails are generated and cached as necessary, and images are dynamically resized on the fly.
Pictor is useful as for low-traffic browsing of your pictures on a local webserver, but is not necessarily recommended for high traffic picture sharing, as Pictor’s dynamic image scaling can be cpu-intensive.
There are three methods to install pictor 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 pictor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pictor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pictor
Install pictor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pictor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pictor
Install pictor 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 pictor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pictor
How To Uninstall pictor on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the pictor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pictor
Uninstall pictor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pictor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pictor
Remove pictor Configurations and Data
To remove pictor configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pictor
Remove pictor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pictor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pictor
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pictor package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
