How To Install libvisp-vs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisp-vs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libvisp-vs-dev
libvisp-vs-dev is:
This package contains the header files and static library needed to compile applications that use ViSP (Visual Servoing Platform) visual serving (vs) library.
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.
There are three methods to install libvisp-vs-dev 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-vs-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 libvisp-vs-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvisp-vs-dev
Install libvisp-vs-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvisp-vs-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvisp-vs-dev
Install libvisp-vs-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libvisp-vs-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvisp-vs-dev
How To Uninstall libvisp-vs-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libvisp-vs-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvisp-vs-dev
Uninstall libvisp-vs-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvisp-vs-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvisp-vs-dev
Remove libvisp-vs-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libvisp-vs-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvisp-vs-dev
Remove libvisp-vs-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvisp-vs-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvisp-vs-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvisp-vs-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
