How To Install libopenalpr-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libopenalpr-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libopenalpr-dev is Development files for the OpenALPR library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-dev on Debian 10.

What is libopenalpr-dev

libopenalpr-dev is:

OpenALPR is an open source Automatic License Plate Recognition library written in C++. The library analyzes images and identifies license plates. The output is the text representation of any license plate characters found in the image.

This package contains the header files and static libraries used to link OpenALPR into another program.

There are three methods to install libopenalpr-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libopenalpr-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 libopenalpr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenalpr-dev

Install libopenalpr-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libopenalpr-dev

Install libopenalpr-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 libopenalpr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenalpr-dev

How To Uninstall libopenalpr-dev on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove libopenalpr-dev

Uninstall libopenalpr-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenalpr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenalpr-dev

Remove libopenalpr-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopenalpr-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenalpr-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libopenalpr-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.