How To Install libopenalpr-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-data on Debian 9. libopenalpr-data is Runtime data for the OpenALPR library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-data on Debian 9.

What is libopenalpr-data

libopenalpr-data is:

OpenALPR is an open source Automatic License Plate Recognition library written in C++. The library analyzes images and identifies license plates. The output is the text representation of any license plate characters found in the image.

This package contains the runtime training data used by OpenALPR to recognize license plates from various countries.

There are three methods to install libopenalpr-data 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 libopenalpr-data Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenalpr-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopenalpr-data

Install libopenalpr-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopenalpr-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopenalpr-data

Install libopenalpr-data 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 libopenalpr-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopenalpr-data

How To Uninstall libopenalpr-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libopenalpr-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopenalpr-data

Uninstall libopenalpr-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopenalpr-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopenalpr-data

Remove libopenalpr-data Configurations and Data

To remove libopenalpr-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopenalpr-data

Remove libopenalpr-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libopenalpr-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopenalpr-data

Dependencies

libopenalpr-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.