How To Install farbfeld 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 farbfeld on Ubuntu.
What is farbfeld
farbfeld is:
Farbfeld is a lossless image format designed to be parsed and piped easily. It is designed to be as simple as possible, leaving the task of compression to outside tools, beating PNG’s filesize in many cases.
This package contains tools for converting between farbfeld format and other image formats (png, jpeg, ppm, pam, gif).
There are three methods to install farbfeld 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 farbfeld Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install farbfeld using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install farbfeld
Install farbfeld Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install farbfeld using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install farbfeld
Install farbfeld 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 farbfeld using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install farbfeld
How To Uninstall farbfeld on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the farbfeld package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove farbfeld
Uninstall farbfeld And Its Dependencies
To uninstall farbfeld and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove farbfeld
Remove farbfeld Configurations and Data
To remove farbfeld configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge farbfeld
Remove farbfeld configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove farbfeld configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge farbfeld
Dependencies
farbfeld have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install farbfeld package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.