How To Install fprint-demo on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprint-demo on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is fprint-demo
fprint-demo is:
fprint-demo is a simple GTK+ application to demonstrate and test libfprint’s capabilities
It allows user-interaction to enroll finger images and, depending scanner vendors, show both normal and binarized representation, including detected minutiaes
There are three methods to install fprint-demo 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 fprint-demo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fprint-demo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fprint-demo
Install fprint-demo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fprint-demo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fprint-demo
Install fprint-demo 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 fprint-demo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fprint-demo
How To Uninstall fprint-demo on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the fprint-demo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fprint-demo
Uninstall fprint-demo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fprint-demo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fprint-demo
Remove fprint-demo Configurations and Data
To remove fprint-demo configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fprint-demo
Remove fprint-demo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fprint-demo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fprint-demo
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fprint-demo package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
