How To Install libcv-dev on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcv-dev on Debian 9. libcv-dev is Translation package for libcv-dev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcv-dev on Debian 9.

What is libcv-dev

libcv-dev is:

This package provide files for translation from libcv-dev to subdivided packages.

This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use OpenCV (Open Computer Vision).

The Open Computer Vision Library is a collection of algorithms and sample code for various computer vision problems. The library is compatible with IPL (Intel’s Image Processing Library) and, if available, can use IPP (Intel’s Integrated Performance Primitives) for better performance.

OpenCV provides low level portable data types and operators, and a set of high level functionalities for video acquisition, image processing and analysis, structural analysis, motion analysis and object tracking, object recognition, camera calibration and 3D reconstruction.

There are three methods to install libcv-dev on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcv-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcv-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcv-dev

Install libcv-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcv-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcv-dev

Install libcv-dev 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libcv-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcv-dev

How To Uninstall libcv-dev on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libcv-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcv-dev

Uninstall libcv-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcv-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcv-dev

Remove libcv-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libcv-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcv-dev

Remove libcv-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcv-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcv-dev

Dependencies

libcv-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcv-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.