How To Install sightcalibrator 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 sightcalibrator on Ubuntu.
What is sightcalibrator
sightcalibrator is:
User-friendly application to calibrate mono and stereo cameras.
SightCalibrator can take images, video files, or any supported camera device as input. It detects the presence of a checkboard in images. The parameters of the checkboard can be customized. Individual images can then be marked to be used in the computation of the calibration. Last, the intrinsic and extrinsic parameters can be exported in OpenCV format, Yaml or XML.
There are three methods to install sightcalibrator 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 sightcalibrator Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sightcalibrator using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sightcalibrator
Install sightcalibrator Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sightcalibrator using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sightcalibrator
Install sightcalibrator 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 sightcalibrator using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sightcalibrator
How To Uninstall sightcalibrator on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sightcalibrator package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sightcalibrator
Uninstall sightcalibrator And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sightcalibrator and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sightcalibrator
Remove sightcalibrator Configurations and Data
To remove sightcalibrator configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sightcalibrator
Remove sightcalibrator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sightcalibrator configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sightcalibrator
Dependencies
sightcalibrator have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sightcalibrator package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.