How To Install python-openalpr on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openalpr
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-openalpr
python-openalpr is:
OpenALPR is an open source Automatic License Plate Recognition library written in C++. The library analyzes images and identifies license plates. The output is the text representation of any license plate characters found in the image.
The Python package allows Python code to interface with OpenALPR directly via native Python bindings.
There are three methods to install python-openalpr
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-openalpr 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-openalpr
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-openalpr
Install python-openalpr Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-openalpr
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-openalpr
Install python-openalpr 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-openalpr
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-openalpr
How To Uninstall python-openalpr on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-openalpr
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-openalpr
Uninstall python-openalpr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-openalpr
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-openalpr
Remove python-openalpr Configurations and Data
To remove python-openalpr
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-openalpr
Remove python-openalpr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-openalpr
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-openalpr
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-openalpr
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.