How to Install and Uninstall libjpeg-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libjpeg-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install libjpeg-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall libjpeg-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libjpeg-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libjpeg-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libjpeg-dev
Priority: optional
Section: libdevel
Installed-Size: 26
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Architecture: amd64
Source: libjpeg8-empty
Version: 8c-2ubuntu8
Depends: libjpeg8-dev
Filename: pool/main/libj/libjpeg8-empty/libjpeg-dev_8c-2ubuntu8_amd64.deb
Size: 1546
MD5sum: 48308774ecc38ee2cd8f9cf358c63ea4
SHA1: ab630ff891f59f96fba702c062f70a923f1b151e
SHA256: 5a676a4f0e5cf95124957e1935c2fdbae0841774b9760edbc49f5a438d153b16
Description-en: Independent JPEG Group's JPEG runtime library (dependency package)
This package will always depend on the current default JPEG library
development package version.
Description-md5: aeb3b35af5377dc1c08b3d3f1dd1de36
Multi-Arch: same
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m