How to Install and Uninstall libwebp-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "libwebp-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libwebp-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libwebp-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libwebp-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall libwebp-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libwebp-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwebp-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: libwebp-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.1-2.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: libdevel
Source: libwebp
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 903
Depends: libwebp6 (= 0.6.1-2.1), libwebpmux3 (= 0.6.1-2.1), libwebpdemux2 (= 0.6.1-2.1)
Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebp/libwebp-dev_0.6.1-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 263944
MD5sum: 74708fc946018a731e49e109834648a6
SHA1: e60fb5f449f7911b23135e96311d4af9df1197a0
SHA256: b129fcbff6b6fa0165ceb1a6cfc63a8b15b8605567efcf5383a708d1624b9579
SHA512: c74196859e18e9217a37163d78fb673f5f5d685862936f570627908007b9dadb3c78fc0cb7789ea84f333ed9d5e9b764aee3fb43113e50b51c4398217962eb0a
Homepage: https://developers.google.com/speed/webp/
Description-en: Lossy compression of digital photographic images.
Image Compression format, based on the VP8 codec.
WebP uses the modern VP8 compression format to deliver efficient
compression of images for the web. More than 30% extra gain over
optimized JPEG, for same quality, is not unusual.
Description-md5: 3c2179355195b8d229435797374b0a61