How To Install ssocr 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 ssocr on Ubuntu.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu
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 Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ssocr
Remove ssocr Configurations and Data
To remove ssocr configuration and data from Ubuntu 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 Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.