How To Install libcaca0 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 libcaca0 on Ubuntu.
What is libcaca0
libcaca0 is:
libcaca is the Colour AsCii Art library. It provides high level functions for colour text drawing, simple primitives for line, polygon and ellipse drawing, as well as powerful image to text conversion routines.
This package contains the shared library for libcaca.
There are three methods to install libcaca0 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 libcaca0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcaca0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcaca0
Install libcaca0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcaca0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcaca0
Install libcaca0 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 libcaca0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcaca0
How To Uninstall libcaca0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libcaca0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcaca0
Uninstall libcaca0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcaca0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcaca0
Remove libcaca0 Configurations and Data
To remove libcaca0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcaca0
Remove libcaca0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcaca0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcaca0
Dependencies
libcaca0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcaca0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.