How To Install eog-plugins on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eog-plugins on Ubuntu.
What is eog-plugins
eog-plugins is:
eog-plugins contain a set of plugins for eog, the GNOME Image Viewer.
The plugins are now split in separate packages; this metapackage brings all of them but they can be installed separately.
There are three methods to install eog-plugins on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install eog-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eog-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eog-plugins
Install eog-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eog-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eog-plugins
Install eog-plugins 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 eog-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eog-plugins
How To Uninstall eog-plugins on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the eog-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eog-plugins
Uninstall eog-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eog-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eog-plugins
Remove eog-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove eog-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eog-plugins
Remove eog-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eog-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eog-plugins
Dependencies
eog-plugins have the following dependencies:
- eog-plugin-disable-dark-theme
- eog-plugin-exif-display
- eog-plugin-export-to-folder
- eog-plugin-fit-to-width
- eog-plugin-fullscreen-background
- eog-plugin-map
- eog-plugin-maximize-windows
- eog-plugin-picasa
- eog-plugin-python-console
- eog-plugin-send-by-mail
- eog-plugin-slideshow-shuffle
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eog-plugins package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.