How To Install php-facedetect on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-facedetect on Kali Linux.

What is php-facedetect

php-facedetect is:

This extension provides a PHP implementation of the OpenCV library.

The extension offers two new functions returning either an associative array of the faces coordinates found on the given image, or only the number of faces found on the given image.

There are three methods to install php-facedetect 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 php-facedetect Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-facedetect using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-facedetect

Install php-facedetect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install php-facedetect

Install php-facedetect 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install php-facedetect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-facedetect

How To Uninstall php-facedetect on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-facedetect package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-facedetect

Uninstall php-facedetect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-facedetect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-facedetect

Remove php-facedetect Configurations and Data

To remove php-facedetect configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-facedetect

Remove php-facedetect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-facedetect

Dependencies

php-facedetect have the following dependencies:

• php-common

References

• php-facedetect website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-facedetect package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.