How To Install python-gamera on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gamera on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gamera
python-gamera is:
The Gamera framework is a Python library for building custom applications for document analysis and recognition. Additionally, it allows for custom extensions.
Gamera can be used for a wide variety of tasks, from building complete image recognition systems down to implementing and evaluating particular algorithms for image processing or document layout analysis.
There are three methods to install python-gamera on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-gamera Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gamera using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gamera
Install python-gamera Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gamera using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gamera
Install python-gamera 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gamera using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gamera
How To Uninstall python-gamera on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gamera package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gamera
Uninstall python-gamera And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gamera and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gamera
Remove python-gamera Configurations and Data
To remove python-gamera configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gamera
Remove python-gamera configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gamera configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gamera
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gamera package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
