How To Install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev 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 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev on Ubuntu.

What is `libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev`

libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev is:

The GDK Pixbuf library provides:

Image loading and saving facilities.
Fast scaling and compositing of pixbufs.
Simple animation loading (ie. animated GIFs)

This package contains the header files which are needed for using GDK Pixbuf.

There are three methods to install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev 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 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

Install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

Install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev 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 libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

How To Uninstall libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

Uninstall libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

Remove libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

Remove libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev

Dependencies

libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgdk-pixbuf-2.0-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.