How To Install gegl 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 gegl on Ubuntu.
What is gegl
gegl is:
GEGL (Generic Graphics Library) is a graph based image processing framework.
GEGL’s original design was made to scratch GIMP’s itches for a new compositing and processing core. This core is being designed to have minimal dependencies and a simple well defined API.
This package contains a bunch of test programs.
There are three methods to install gegl 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 gegl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gegl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gegl
Install gegl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gegl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gegl
Install gegl 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 gegl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gegl
How To Uninstall gegl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the gegl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gegl
Uninstall gegl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gegl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gegl
Remove gegl Configurations and Data
To remove gegl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gegl
Remove gegl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gegl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gegl
Dependencies
gegl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gegl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.