How To Install opencv-doc on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencv-doc
on Debian 9.
What is opencv-doc
opencv-doc is:
This package contains the OpenCV documentation and example programs.
The Open Computer Vision Library is a collection of algorithms and sample code for various computer vision problems. The library is compatible with IPL (Intel’s Image Processing Library) and, if available, can use IPP (Intel’s Integrated Performance Primitives) for better performance.
OpenCV provides low level portable data types and operators, and a set of high level functionalities for video acquisition, image processing and analysis, structural analysis, motion analysis and object tracking, object recognition, camera calibration and 3D reconstruction.
There are three methods to install opencv-doc
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opencv-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opencv-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opencv-doc
Install opencv-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opencv-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opencv-doc
Install opencv-doc 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 opencv-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opencv-doc
How To Uninstall opencv-doc on Debian 9
To uninstall only the opencv-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opencv-doc
Uninstall opencv-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opencv-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencv-doc
Remove opencv-doc Configurations and Data
To remove opencv-doc
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opencv-doc
Remove opencv-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opencv-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opencv-doc
Dependencies
opencv-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opencv-doc
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.