How To Install libopencv-apps0d on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-apps0d on Ubuntu 18.04. libopencv-apps0d is opencv_apps Robot OS package - runtime files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-apps0d on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libopencv-apps0d

libopencv-apps0d is:

This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains several ROS packages for working providing OpenCV functionalities in a simplest manner in ROS, i.e., running a launch file that corresponds to the functionality.

The package contains implementations for edge detection, structual analysis, people/face detection, motion analysis and object segmentation.

It contains the opencv_apps library itself.

There are three methods to install libopencv-apps0d on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libopencv-apps0d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopencv-apps0d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopencv-apps0d

Install libopencv-apps0d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopencv-apps0d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopencv-apps0d

Install libopencv-apps0d 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 libopencv-apps0d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopencv-apps0d

How To Uninstall libopencv-apps0d on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libopencv-apps0d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopencv-apps0d

Uninstall libopencv-apps0d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopencv-apps0d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencv-apps0d

Remove libopencv-apps0d Configurations and Data

To remove libopencv-apps0d configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopencv-apps0d

Remove libopencv-apps0d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopencv-apps0d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopencv-apps0d

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-apps0d package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.