How To Install liblensfun-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 liblensfun-dev on Ubuntu.
What is liblensfun-dev
liblensfun-dev is:
Lensfun is an opensource database of photographic lenses and their characteristics. It contains three kinds of objects:
- mounts
- cameras
- lenses
It is used in various photo-related software in which it allows the correction of various artifacts:
- distortion
- transveral (also known as lateral) chromatic aberrations
- vignetting
- colour contribution of the lens (correcting said “yellowish” or “blueish” images)
It provides a way to read and search for specific things in the database.
This package contains the development files.
There are three methods to install liblensfun-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 liblensfun-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 liblensfun-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblensfun-dev
Install liblensfun-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblensfun-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblensfun-dev
Install liblensfun-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 liblensfun-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblensfun-dev
How To Uninstall liblensfun-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the liblensfun-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblensfun-dev
Uninstall liblensfun-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblensfun-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblensfun-dev
Remove liblensfun-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblensfun-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblensfun-dev
Remove liblensfun-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblensfun-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblensfun-dev
Dependencies
liblensfun-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblensfun-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.