How To Install python3-openalpr on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openalpr on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-openalpr package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
