How To Install libzinnia-dev on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzinnia-dev on Debian 12.
What is libzinnia-dev
libzinnia-dev is:
Zinnia provides a simple, customizable, and portable dynamic OCR system for hand-written input, based on Support Vector Machines.
Zinnia simply receives user pen strokes as coordinate data and outputs the best matching characters sorted by SVM confidence. To maintain portability, it has no rendering functionality. In addition to recognition, Zinnia provides a training module capable of creating highly efficient handwriting recognition models.
This package is needed to compile programs against libzinnia0, as only it includes the header files and static libraries (optionally) needed for compiling.
There are three methods to install libzinnia-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 libzinnia-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 libzinnia-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libzinnia-dev
Install libzinnia-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libzinnia-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libzinnia-dev
Install libzinnia-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 libzinnia-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libzinnia-dev
How To Uninstall libzinnia-dev on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libzinnia-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libzinnia-dev
Uninstall libzinnia-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libzinnia-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libzinnia-dev
Remove libzinnia-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libzinnia-dev configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libzinnia-dev
Remove libzinnia-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libzinnia-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libzinnia-dev
Dependencies
libzinnia-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libzinnia-dev package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
