How To Install libfprint-doc on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfprint-doc on Debian 10.
What is libfprint-doc
libfprint-doc is:
The fprint project aims to support for consumer fingerprint reader devices.
Previously, Linux support for such devices has been scattered amongst different projects (many incomplete) and inconsistent in that application developers would have to implement support for each type of fingerprint reader separately. The idea is to change that by providing a central system to support all the fingerprint readers as it’s possible to get hands on.
libfprint is the centre of efforts, this component does the dirty job of talking to fingerprint reading devices, and processing fingerprint data.
This library depends on the new libusb, which performs asynchronous callbacks, allowing fprint to perform non-blocking device tasks.
This package provides the API documentation.
There are three methods to install libfprint-doc 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 libfprint-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libfprint-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfprint-doc
Install libfprint-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfprint-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfprint-doc
Install libfprint-doc 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 libfprint-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfprint-doc
How To Uninstall libfprint-doc on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libfprint-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfprint-doc
Uninstall libfprint-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfprint-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfprint-doc
Remove libfprint-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libfprint-doc configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfprint-doc
Remove libfprint-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfprint-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfprint-doc
Dependencies
libfprint-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfprint-doc package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.