How To Install mrcal on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrcal on Debian 12.
What is mrcal
mrcal is:
A photogrammetry toolkit that provides improved methods for making and using camera models (calibration, tracking, mapping, etc). The focus is on calibration and uncertainty propagation to produce the most accurate models possible. This package provides the user-facing tools
There are three methods to install mrcal 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 mrcal Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mrcal using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mrcal
Install mrcal Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mrcal using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mrcal
Install mrcal 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 mrcal using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mrcal
How To Uninstall mrcal on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mrcal package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mrcal
Uninstall mrcal And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mrcal and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mrcal
Remove mrcal Configurations and Data
To remove mrcal configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mrcal
Remove mrcal configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mrcal configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mrcal
Dependencies
mrcal have the following dependencies:
- libmrcal2
- python3-mrcal
- python3-gnuplotlib
- python3-numpysane
- python3-scipy
- python3-ipython
- python3-opencv
- python3
- mrgingham
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mrcal package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
