How To Install opencfu on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opencfu on Ubuntu.

What is `opencfu`

opencfu is:

OpenCFU is a completely open source lightweight application designed to enumerate clustered circular objects such as bacterial colonies. It can handle digital pictures as well as live stream from a video device/webcam. OpenCFU is cross-platform, fast, reliable and allows the user to implement intuitive filters.

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

Install opencfu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opencfu

Install opencfu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opencfu

Install opencfu 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 opencfu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opencfu

How To Uninstall opencfu on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove opencfu

Uninstall opencfu And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opencfu and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opencfu

Remove opencfu Configurations and Data

To remove opencfu configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opencfu

Remove opencfu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opencfu

Dependencies

opencfu have the following dependencies:

References

opencfu website

Summary

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