How To Install libhighgui-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighgui-dev on Debian 9.
What is libhighgui-dev
libhighgui-dev is:
This package provide files for translation from libhighgui-dev to subdivided packages.
This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use OpenCV (Open Computer Vision).
The Open Computer Vision Library is a collection of algorithms and sample code for various computer vision problems. The library is compatible with IPL (Intel’s Image Processing Library) and, if available, can use IPP (Intel’s Integrated Performance Primitives) for better performance.
OpenCV provides low level portable data types and operators, and a set of high level functionalities for video acquisition, image processing and analysis, structural analysis, motion analysis and object tracking, object recognition, camera calibration and 3D reconstruction.
There are three methods to install libhighgui-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 libhighgui-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 libhighgui-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhighgui-dev
Install libhighgui-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhighgui-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhighgui-dev
Install libhighgui-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 libhighgui-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhighgui-dev
How To Uninstall libhighgui-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libhighgui-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhighgui-dev
Uninstall libhighgui-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhighgui-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhighgui-dev
Remove libhighgui-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhighgui-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhighgui-dev
Remove libhighgui-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhighgui-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhighgui-dev
Dependencies
libhighgui-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhighgui-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.