How To Install libfprint-2-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfprint-2-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libfprint-2-doc
libfprint-2-doc 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 provides the API documentation.
Package: libfprint-2-doc Architecture: all Version: 1:1.90.1+tod1-0ubuntu4 Priority: optional Section: doc Source: libfprint Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: FingerForce Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 667 Filename: pool/main/libf/libfprint/libfprint-2-doc_1.90.1+tod1-0ubuntu4_all.deb Size: 51224 MD5sum: 32ad920131d0655a22e5171ba28b26cb SHA1: fc4c748a6081d95e408475460976e464fa8e0d37 SHA256: 558cb607c3b892d773002a301f812d92aa5d8cb0aae64152d108bf170c17d05c Homepage: https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fprint/libfprint Description-en: async fingerprint library of fprint project, API documentation 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 provides the API documentation.
There are three methods to install libfprint-2-doc 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 libfprint-2-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfprint-2-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfprint-2-doc
Install libfprint-2-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfprint-2-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfprint-2-doc
Install libfprint-2-doc 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 libfprint-2-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfprint-2-doc
How To Uninstall libfprint-2-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libfprint-2-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfprint-2-doc
Uninstall libfprint-2-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfprint-2-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfprint-2-doc
Remove libfprint-2-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libfprint-2-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfprint-2-doc
Remove libfprint-2-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfprint-2-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfprint-2-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfprint-2-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
