How To Install libopenalpr-data on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-data on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopenalpr-data package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
