How to Install and Uninstall libwebp5 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "libwebp5" package

Please follow the instructions below to install libwebp5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libwebp5
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libwebp5" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall libwebp5 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libwebp5
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libwebp5 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libwebp5
Priority: extra
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 394
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach
Architecture: amd64
Source: libwebp
Version: 0.4.4-1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebp/libwebp5_0.4.4-1_amd64.deb
Size: 165258
MD5sum: 93160a0d88d0c78e011ac21d28b0ba38
SHA1: ad3bd55db49fb4209ceff6f38cdd3bc5cdff5291
SHA256: a931ac3a09bdac3b13db94dd56ce167d45509da7c5ba76af3fcf467923901da7
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
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://webp.googlecode.com
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-frontend, mythbuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-backend-slave, mythbuntu-backend-master, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntu-sdk-libs, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop