How To Install libgnuift0c2a on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuift0c2a on Debian 9. libgnuift0c2a is GNU Image Finding Tool - libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuift0c2a on Debian 9.

What is libgnuift0c2a

libgnuift0c2a is:

The GIFT (the GNU Image-Finding Tool) is a Content Based Image Retrieval System (CBIRS). It enables you to do Query By Example on images, giving you the opportunity to improve query results by relevance feedback. For processing your queries the program relies entirely on the content of the images, freeing you from the need to annotate all images before querying the collection.

The GIFT is an open framework. The communication protocol for client-server communication, MRML, is XML based and fully documented (http://www.mrml.net).

To avoid a name clash with the “gift” package (a fasttrack filesharing client), these packages have been named “gnuift” (also to stress that gnuift is a GNU project).

There are three methods to install libgnuift0c2a 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 libgnuift0c2a Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnuift0c2a using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libgnuift0c2a

Install libgnuift0c2a Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libgnuift0c2a using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libgnuift0c2a

Install libgnuift0c2a 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 libgnuift0c2a using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libgnuift0c2a

How To Uninstall libgnuift0c2a on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libgnuift0c2a package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libgnuift0c2a

Uninstall libgnuift0c2a And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libgnuift0c2a and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgnuift0c2a

Remove libgnuift0c2a Configurations and Data

To remove libgnuift0c2a configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libgnuift0c2a

Remove libgnuift0c2a configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libgnuift0c2a configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgnuift0c2a

Dependencies

libgnuift0c2a have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libgnuift0c2a package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.