How To Install libopencv-shape-dev on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-shape-dev on Debian 10.
What is libopencv-shape-dev
libopencv-shape-dev is:
This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use OpenCV (Open Computer Vision) shape descriptors and matchers 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-shape-dev on Debian 10. 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-shape-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-shape-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libopencv-shape-dev
Install libopencv-shape-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libopencv-shape-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libopencv-shape-dev
Install libopencv-shape-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 libopencv-shape-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libopencv-shape-dev
How To Uninstall libopencv-shape-dev on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libopencv-shape-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libopencv-shape-dev
Uninstall libopencv-shape-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libopencv-shape-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libopencv-shape-dev
Remove libopencv-shape-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libopencv-shape-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libopencv-shape-dev
Remove libopencv-shape-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libopencv-shape-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libopencv-shape-dev
Dependencies
libopencv-shape-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libopencv-shape-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.