How To Install libtesseract-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtesseract-dev on Debian 9.
What is libtesseract-dev
libtesseract-dev is:
The Tesseract OCR engine was one of the top 3 engines in the 1995 UNLV Accuracy test. Between 1995 and 2006 it had little work done on it, but since then it has been improved extensively by Google and is probably one of the most accurate open source OCR engines available. It can read a wide variety of image formats and convert them to text in over 40 languages. This package includes the development files, static library, and header files.
There are three methods to install libtesseract-dev 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 libtesseract-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 libtesseract-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtesseract-dev
Install libtesseract-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtesseract-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtesseract-dev
Install libtesseract-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 libtesseract-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtesseract-dev
How To Uninstall libtesseract-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libtesseract-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtesseract-dev
Uninstall libtesseract-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtesseract-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtesseract-dev
Remove libtesseract-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtesseract-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtesseract-dev
Remove libtesseract-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtesseract-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtesseract-dev
Dependencies
libtesseract-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtesseract-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
