How To Install node-opencv on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-opencv on Kali Linux.
What is node-opencv
node-opencv is:
OpenCV is the defacto computer vision library - by interfacing with it natively in node, it gives powerful real time vision in js.
People are using node-opencv to fly control quadrocoptors, detect faces from webcam images and annotate video streams.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-opencv on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install node-opencv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-opencv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-opencvInstall node-opencv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-opencv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-opencvInstall node-opencv Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-opencv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-opencvHow To Uninstall node-opencv on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the node-opencv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-opencvUninstall node-opencv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-opencv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-opencvRemove node-opencv Configurations and Data
To remove node-opencv configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-opencvRemove node-opencv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-opencv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-opencvDependencies
node-opencv have the following dependencies:
- node-buffers
- node-istanbul
- node-nan
- node-pre-gyp
- nodejs
- libc6
- libgcc-s1
- libnode72
- libopencv-calib3d4.5
- libopencv-contrib4.5
- libopencv-core4.5
- libopencv-highgui4.5
- libopencv-imgcodecs4.5
- libopencv-imgproc4.5
- libopencv-objdetect4.5
- libopencv-video4.5
- libopencv-videoio4.5
- libstdc++6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-opencv package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
