How To Install libopencv-apps-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-apps-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libopencv-apps-dev
libopencv-apps-dev is:
This package is part of Robot OS (ROS). It contains several ROS packages for working providing OpenCV functionalities in a simplest manner in ROS, i.e., running a launch file that corresponds to the functionality.
The package contains implementations for edge detection, structural analysis, people/face detection, motion analysis and object segmentation.
It contains development files for the opencv_apps library.
There are three methods to install libopencv-apps-dev on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libopencv-apps-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopencv-apps-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopencv-apps-devInstall libopencv-apps-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopencv-apps-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopencv-apps-devInstall libopencv-apps-dev Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libopencv-apps-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopencv-apps-devHow To Uninstall libopencv-apps-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libopencv-apps-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopencv-apps-devUninstall libopencv-apps-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopencv-apps-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencv-apps-devRemove libopencv-apps-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopencv-apps-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopencv-apps-devRemove libopencv-apps-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopencv-apps-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopencv-apps-devDependencies
libopencv-apps-dev have the following dependencies:
- libopencv-apps2d
- libcv-bridge-dev
- libdynamic-reconfigure-config-init-mutex-dev
- ros-message-generation
- libimage-transport-dev
- libnodeletlib-dev
- libroscpp-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-apps-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.