In this tutorial you will learn how to install ViSP from prebuilt official packages on Linux Ubuntu.

Note: Concerning ViSP installation, we provide also other Tutorials.

Since Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, ViSP library can be installed from existing packages on amd64 or i386 architectures. In Ubuntu 13.10, the packages are only available for amd64 architecture.

The table below shows which are the packages available given the distribution and architecture.

Ubuntu 13.10		Ubuntu 14.04 LTS		Ubuntu 14.10
i386	amd64	i386	amd64	i386	amd64
	libvisp-dev	libvisp-dev	libvisp-dev	libvisp-dev	libvisp-dev
	libvisp2.8	libvisp2.8	libvisp2.8	libvisp2.9	libvisp2.9
	libvisp2.8-dbg	libvisp2.8-dbg	libvisp2.8-dbg	libvisp2.9-dbg	libvisp2.9-dbg
	libvisp-doc	libvisp-doc	libvisp-doc	libvisp-doc	libvisp-doc
	visp-images	visp-images	visp-images	visp-images	visp-images

To install ViSP library and headers just run:

sudo apt-get install libvisp-dev

To install ViSP images data set useful to run ViSP examples you can run:

sudo apt-get install visp-images

To install ViSP html documentation you can run:

sudo apt-get install visp-doc

You are now ready to see the next Tutorial: How to create and build a CMake project that uses ViSP on Unix or Windows that will show you how to use ViSP as a 3rd party to build your own project.