How To Install libfreeimage3 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 libfreeimage3 on Ubuntu.

What is `libfreeimage3`

libfreeimage3 is:

FreeImage is an Open Source C/C++ library project for developers who would like to support popular graphics image formats like PNG, BMP, JPEG, TIFF and others as needed by today’s multimedia applications. FreeImage is easy to use, fast, multithreading safe, and cross-platform (works both with Linux, 32 bit Windows and Mac OS X).

This package contains the FreeImage library.

There are three methods to install libfreeimage3 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 libfreeimage3 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreeimage3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libfreeimage3

Install libfreeimage3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libfreeimage3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libfreeimage3

Install libfreeimage3 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 libfreeimage3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfreeimage3

How To Uninstall libfreeimage3 on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libfreeimage3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfreeimage3

Uninstall libfreeimage3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libfreeimage3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfreeimage3

Remove libfreeimage3 Configurations and Data

To remove libfreeimage3 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfreeimage3

Remove libfreeimage3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libfreeimage3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfreeimage3

Dependencies

libfreeimage3 have the following dependencies:

References

libfreeimage3 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfreeimage3 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.