How To Install libvlfeat-dev on Debian 12

Learn how to install libvlfeat-dev on Debian 12 with this tutorial. libvlfeat-dev is Computer vision library focussing on visual features and clustering

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlfeat-dev on Debian 12.

What is libvlfeat-dev

libvlfeat-dev is:

VLFeat implements popular computer vision algorithms including MSER, k-means, hierarchical k-means, agglomerative information bottleneck, and quick shift. It is written in C for efficiency and compatibility, with interfaces in GNU octave for ease of use, and detailed documentation throughout

Development files

There are three methods to install libvlfeat-dev on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libvlfeat-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 libvlfeat-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libvlfeat-dev

Install libvlfeat-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libvlfeat-dev

Install libvlfeat-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 libvlfeat-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libvlfeat-dev

How To Uninstall libvlfeat-dev on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libvlfeat-dev

Uninstall libvlfeat-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libvlfeat-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvlfeat-dev

Remove libvlfeat-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libvlfeat-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libvlfeat-dev

Remove libvlfeat-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvlfeat-dev

Dependencies

libvlfeat-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libvlfeat-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.