How to Install and Uninstall python-libtiff Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "python-libtiff" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install python-libtiff on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                python-libtiff
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "python-libtiff" package

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


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

Package: python-libtiff
Priority: optional
Section: universe/python
Installed-Size: 412
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Med Packaging Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: pylibtiff
Version: 0.4.1~20150805-1
Provides: python2.7-libtiff
Depends: python-numpy (>= 1:1.8.0), python-numpy-abi9, python (>= 2.7), python (<< 2.8), libc6 (>= 2.14)
Suggests: python-imaging, tifffile
Filename: pool/universe/p/pylibtiff/python-libtiff_0.4.1~20150805-1_amd64.deb
Size: 68648
MD5sum: b9a61efd2169acf34c29ac7768ac7654
SHA1: 19b836734fa6652fa1053cc470483652969672cc
SHA256: 6b3e65323fe1a0b6c33919cba7e702acafbc03b67373f7411d4d9578a87d0974
Description-en: wrapper to the libtiff library to Python using ctypes
PyLibTiff is a package that provides:
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* a wrapper to the libtiff library to Python using ctypes.
* a pure Python module for reading and writing TIFF and LSM files. The images
are read as numpy.memmap objects so that it is possible to open images that
otherwise would not fit to computers RAM.
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There exists many Python packages such as PIL, FreeImagePy that support reading
and writing TIFF files. The PyLibTiff project was started to have an efficient
and direct way to read and write TIFF files using the libtiff library without
the need to install any unnecessary packages or libraries. The pure Python
module was created for reading "broken" TIFF files such as LSM files that in
some places use different interpretation of TIFF tags than what specified in
the TIFF specification document. The libtiff library would just fail reading
such files. In addition, the pure Python module is more memory efficient as the
arrays are returned as memory maps. Support for compressed files is not
implemented yet.
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Warning: pylibtiff currently supports reading and writing images that are
stored using TIFF strips. Patches are welcome to support tiled TIFF images.
Description-md5: ee18fa7679e3ab48d576e5be5f832cac
Homepage: https://github.com/pearu/pylibtiff
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu