How To Install libhighgui2.4 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighgui2.4 on Debian 9. libhighgui2.4 is computer vision library - libhighgui translation package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighgui2.4 on Debian 9.

What is libhighgui2.4

libhighgui2.4 is:

This package provide files for translation from libhighgui2.1 to libhighgui2.4.

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 libhighgui2.4 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 libhighgui2.4 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhighgui2.4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhighgui2.4

Install libhighgui2.4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhighgui2.4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhighgui2.4

Install libhighgui2.4 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 libhighgui2.4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhighgui2.4

How To Uninstall libhighgui2.4 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libhighgui2.4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhighgui2.4

Uninstall libhighgui2.4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhighgui2.4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhighgui2.4

Remove libhighgui2.4 Configurations and Data

To remove libhighgui2.4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhighgui2.4

Remove libhighgui2.4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhighgui2.4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhighgui2.4

Dependencies

libhighgui2.4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighgui2.4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.