How To Install tesseract-ocr-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tesseract-ocr-dev on Debian 9.
What is tesseract-ocr-dev
tesseract-ocr-dev is:
This is a transitional dummy package.
There are three methods to install tesseract-ocr-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 tesseract-ocr-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 tesseract-ocr-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install tesseract-ocr-dev
Install tesseract-ocr-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install tesseract-ocr-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install tesseract-ocr-dev
Install tesseract-ocr-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 tesseract-ocr-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install tesseract-ocr-dev
How To Uninstall tesseract-ocr-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the tesseract-ocr-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove tesseract-ocr-dev
Uninstall tesseract-ocr-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tesseract-ocr-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove tesseract-ocr-dev
Remove tesseract-ocr-dev Configurations and Data
To remove tesseract-ocr-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge tesseract-ocr-dev
Remove tesseract-ocr-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tesseract-ocr-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge tesseract-ocr-dev
Dependencies
tesseract-ocr-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tesseract-ocr-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
