How To Install ssocr on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssocr on Debian 11. ssocr is OCR for seven segment displays

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssocr on Debian 11.

What is ssocr

ssocr is:

Seven Segment Optical Character Recognition or ssocr for short is a program to recognize digits of a seven segment display. An image of one row of digits is used for input and the recognized number is written to the standard output.

There are three methods to install ssocr on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ssocr Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ssocr

Install ssocr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ssocr using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ssocr

Install ssocr 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 ssocr using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ssocr

How To Uninstall ssocr on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ssocr package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ssocr

Uninstall ssocr And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ssocr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssocr

Remove ssocr Configurations and Data

To remove ssocr configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ssocr

Remove ssocr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ssocr

Dependencies

ssocr have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ssocr package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.