How To Install libopencv-contrib-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-contrib-dev on Kali Linux. libopencv-contrib-dev is development files for libopencv-contrib4.5

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-contrib-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libopencv-contrib-dev

libopencv-contrib-dev is:

This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use OpenCV (Open Computer Vision) contrib library.

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 libopencv-contrib-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-contrib-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 libopencv-contrib-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libopencv-contrib-dev

Install libopencv-contrib-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libopencv-contrib-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libopencv-contrib-dev

Install libopencv-contrib-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 update

After updating apt database, We can install libopencv-contrib-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libopencv-contrib-dev

How To Uninstall libopencv-contrib-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libopencv-contrib-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libopencv-contrib-dev

Uninstall libopencv-contrib-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libopencv-contrib-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencv-contrib-dev

Remove libopencv-contrib-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libopencv-contrib-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libopencv-contrib-dev

Remove libopencv-contrib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopencv-contrib-dev

Dependencies

libopencv-contrib-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-contrib-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.