How To Install libvisp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libvisp-doc is visual servoing library - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libvisp-doc

libvisp-doc is:

ViSP standing for Visual Servoing Platform is a modular cross platform library that allows prototyping and developing applications using visual tracking and visual servoing technics at the heart of the researches done by Inria Lagadic team. ViSP is able to compute control laws that can be applied to robotic systems. It provides a set of visual features that can be tracked using real time image processing or computer vision algorithms. ViSP provides also simulation capabilities.

ViSP can be useful in robotics, computer vision, augmented reality and computer animation.

This package contains the Doxygen generated documentation

There are three methods to install libvisp-doc 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 libvisp-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libvisp-doc

Install libvisp-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvisp-doc

Install libvisp-doc 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 libvisp-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvisp-doc

How To Uninstall libvisp-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libvisp-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libvisp-doc

Uninstall libvisp-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvisp-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvisp-doc

Remove libvisp-doc Configurations and Data

To remove libvisp-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvisp-doc

Remove libvisp-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvisp-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisp-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.