How To Install libturbojpeg 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 libturbojpeg on Ubuntu.
What is libturbojpeg
libturbojpeg is:
Runtime library supporting the Independent JPEG Group’s standard for JPEG files.
This package contains the libturbojpeg.so library, used by turboVNC and other users of the past TurboJPEG library.
There are three methods to install libturbojpeg 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 libturbojpeg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libturbojpeg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libturbojpeg
Install libturbojpeg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libturbojpeg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libturbojpeg
Install libturbojpeg 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 libturbojpeg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libturbojpeg
How To Uninstall libturbojpeg on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libturbojpeg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libturbojpeg
Uninstall libturbojpeg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libturbojpeg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libturbojpeg
Remove libturbojpeg Configurations and Data
To remove libturbojpeg configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libturbojpeg
Remove libturbojpeg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libturbojpeg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libturbojpeg
Dependencies
libturbojpeg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libturbojpeg package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.