How To Install python3-apriltag on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apriltag
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-apriltag
python3-apriltag is:
AprilTag is a visual fiducial system, useful for a wide variety of tasks including augmented reality, robotics, and camera calibration. Targets can be created from an ordinary printer, and the AprilTag detection software computes the precise 3D position, orientation, and identity of the tags relative to the camera. The AprilTag library is implemented in C with no external dependencies. It is designed to be easily included in other applications, as well as be portable to embedded devices. Real-time performance can be achieved even on cell-phone grade processors.
This package provides the Python3 interfaces
There are three methods to install python3-apriltag
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-apriltag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-apriltag
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-apriltag
Install python3-apriltag Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-apriltag
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-apriltag
Install python3-apriltag 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 python3-apriltag
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-apriltag
How To Uninstall python3-apriltag on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-apriltag
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-apriltag
Uninstall python3-apriltag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-apriltag
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-apriltag
Remove python3-apriltag Configurations and Data
To remove python3-apriltag
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-apriltag
Remove python3-apriltag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-apriltag
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-apriltag
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-apriltag
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.