How To Install python3-openalpr on Debian 10

Learn how to install python3-openalpr on Debian 10 with this tutorial. python3-openalpr is Python 3 binding for OpenALPR library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openalpr on Debian 10.

What is python3-openalpr

python3-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 3 package allows Python 3 code to interface with OpenALPR directly via native Python 3 bindings.

There are three methods to install python3-openalpr on Debian 10. 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-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 python3-openalpr using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-openalpr

Install python3-openalpr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-openalpr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-openalpr

Install python3-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-openalpr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-openalpr

How To Uninstall python3-openalpr on Debian 10

To uninstall only the python3-openalpr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-openalpr

Uninstall python3-openalpr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-openalpr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-openalpr

Remove python3-openalpr Configurations and Data

To remove python3-openalpr configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-openalpr

Remove python3-openalpr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-openalpr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-openalpr

Dependencies

python3-openalpr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openalpr package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.