How To Install python-opencv-apps on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-opencv-apps on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-opencv-apps
python-opencv-apps 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 Python bindings for the opencv_apps library.
There are three methods to install python-opencv-apps 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 python-opencv-apps Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-opencv-apps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-opencv-apps
Install python-opencv-apps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-opencv-apps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-opencv-apps
Install python-opencv-apps 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 python-opencv-apps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-opencv-apps
How To Uninstall python-opencv-apps on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-opencv-apps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-opencv-apps
Uninstall python-opencv-apps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-opencv-apps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-opencv-apps
Remove python-opencv-apps Configurations and Data
To remove python-opencv-apps configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-opencv-apps
Remove python-opencv-apps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-opencv-apps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-opencv-apps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-opencv-apps package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
