How to Install and Uninstall libwebp6 Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: April 29,2024

Deprecated! Installation of this package may no longer be supported.

You can also install and uninstall the libwebp6 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "libwebp6" package

This tutorial shows how to install libwebp6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libwebp6" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libwebp6 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libwebp6
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwebp6 package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: libwebp6
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.1-2.1build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: libwebp
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 418
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34)
Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebp/libwebp6_0.6.1-2.1build1_amd64.deb
Size: 198166
MD5sum: 1a9daac0be29a698e537eedb1281c90f
SHA1: aae800c7a6ff217da6fda27dab37821e20f0058f
SHA256: 9019be7ea303aa5a22f6d9c9cd2fb4a7dfa58bde7e1114b0e5affe8f4d61c3c5
SHA512: 1377c9784138c9471d5f4764052dce57fbf5aede62af3fc2fb0a43a843fd9bea151d7016085cf98ff274dd4c423bbd28fe0338146da6e3545437a7437e573d23
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
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-server-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi