How to Install and Uninstall libwebp6 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "libwebp6" package

Learn how to install libwebp6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libwebp6 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libwebp6
Source: libwebp
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 426
Maintainer: Jeff Breidenbach
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.0-4+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Filename: pool/main/libw/libwebp/libwebp6_0.6.0-4+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1_amd64.deb
Size: 183684
MD5sum: 5c7df40eed4d3c8498b7f124110fa9c1
SHA1: 3140a9e3bbf579fbfdb9cd71a043a8a28da23a21
SHA256: bd4ec75f5bc21b29fb7cedd41dccb46f1edc5336231ccb7a46b14374fe50ff04
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