How To Install opencfu on Debian 10

Learn how to install opencfu on Debian 10 with this tutorial. opencfu is count cell colonies (CFUs) on agar plates by processing digital pictures

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencfu on Debian 10.

What is opencfu

opencfu is:

OpenCFU is a completely open source lightweight application designed to enumerate clustered circular objects such as bacterial colonies. It can handle digital pictures as well as live stream from a video device/webcam. OpenCFU is cross-platform, fast, reliable and allows the user to implement intuitive filters.

There are three methods to install opencfu 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 opencfu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opencfu

Install opencfu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install opencfu using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install opencfu

Install opencfu 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 opencfu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opencfu

How To Uninstall opencfu on Debian 10

To uninstall only the opencfu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opencfu

Uninstall opencfu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencfu

Remove opencfu Configurations and Data

To remove opencfu configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opencfu

Remove opencfu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opencfu

Dependencies

opencfu have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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