How To Install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gir1.2-fprint-2.0
gir1.2-fprint-2.0 is:
The fprint project aims to support for consumer fingerprint reader devices.
Previously, Linux support for such devices has been scattered amongst different projects (many incomplete) and inconsistent in that application developers would have to implement support for each type of fingerprint reader separately. The idea is to change that by providing a central system to support all the fingerprint readers as it’s possible to get hands on.
libfprint is the centre of efforts, this component does the dirty job of talking to fingerprint reading devices, and processing fingerprint data.
This library depends on the new libusb, which performs asynchronous callbacks, allowing fprint to perform non-blocking device tasks.
This package can be used by other packages using the GIRepository format to generate dynamic bindings.
Package: gir1.2-fprint-2.0 Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:1.90.1+tod1-0ubuntu4 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: introspection Source: libfprint Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 30 Depends: gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gusb-1.0 (>= 0.3.0), libfprint-2-2 (>= 1:1.90.1) Filename: pool/main/libf/libfprint/gir1.2-fprint-2.0_1.90.1+tod1-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb Size: 6128 MD5sum: 04b067fc7fc5911119e30cc0a700dcff SHA1: 7ec4407db558b905f6e6f60703bec5cf45bf573d SHA256: 3c6add50c661f55870312bb8fa165e8d710778abb6e3e82d3a4e09ce0b0c42e6 Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint Description-en: async fingerprint library of fprint project, gir bindings The fprint project aims to support for consumer fingerprint reader devices.
Previously, Linux support for such devices has been scattered amongst different projects (many incomplete) and inconsistent in that application developers would have to implement support for each type of fingerprint reader separately. The idea is to change that by providing a central system to support all the fingerprint readers as it’s possible to get hands on.
libfprint is the centre of efforts, this component does the dirty job of talking to fingerprint reading devices, and processing fingerprint data.
This library depends on the new libusb, which performs asynchronous callbacks, allowing fprint to perform non-blocking device tasks.
This package can be used by other packages using the GIRepository format to generate dynamic bindings.
There are three methods to install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gir1.2-fprint-2.0
Install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gir1.2-fprint-2.0
Install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gir1.2-fprint-2.0
How To Uninstall gir1.2-fprint-2.0 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gir1.2-fprint-2.0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gir1.2-fprint-2.0
Uninstall gir1.2-fprint-2.0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gir1.2-fprint-2.0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gir1.2-fprint-2.0
Remove gir1.2-fprint-2.0 Configurations and Data
To remove gir1.2-fprint-2.0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gir1.2-fprint-2.0
Remove gir1.2-fprint-2.0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gir1.2-fprint-2.0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gir1.2-fprint-2.0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gir1.2-fprint-2.0 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.