How To Install libtesseract-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtesseract-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libtesseract-dev
libtesseract-dev is:
Tesseract is an open source Optical Character Recognition (OCR) Engine. It can be used directly, or (for programmers) using an API to extract printed text from images. It supports a wide variety of languages. This package includes the development files, static library, and header files.
There are three methods to install libtesseract-dev on Kali Linux. 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libtesseract-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtesseract-devInstall libtesseract-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libtesseract-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtesseract-devInstall libtesseract-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libtesseract-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtesseract-devHow To Uninstall libtesseract-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libtesseract-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtesseract-devUninstall libtesseract-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtesseract-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtesseract-devRemove libtesseract-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtesseract-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtesseract-devRemove 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-devDependencies
libtesseract-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtesseract-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
