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Prerequisites

To install the Face SDK, you need to have a 64-bit version of one of these OS versions:

Ubuntu

  • Ubuntu 16.04 (xenial)
  • Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic)
  • Ubuntu 20.04 (focal)

Debian

  • Debian 8 (Jessie)
  • Debian 9 (Stretch)
  • Debian 10 (Buster)

CentOS

  • CentOS 7
  • CentOS 8

Info

The SDK is supported on x86_64 or (amd64) architectures.

Available packages

face-rec-service-cpu

face-rec-service-gpu

A local web service to communicate with reader devices via JavaScript calls using the Socket.IO library. You can view an example web page by opening http://localhost:3000/

The source code of the page can be found in

/usr/share/regula/Examples/LocalServiceExample

Install SDK

Install using the repository

Set up the repository

  1. Update the apt package index and install packages to allow apt using the repository over HTTPS:
sudo apt-get update


sudo apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg-agent \
    software-properties-common
2. Add Regula official GPG key: 
curl -fsSL https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/ubuntu/regula.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
3. Use the following command to set up the stable repository: 
sudo add-apt-repository \
    "deb [arch=amd64] https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/ubuntu \
    $(lsb_release -cs) \
    stable"
Install SDK

  1. Update the apt package index and install the latest version of SDK, or go to the next step to install a specific version: 
    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-cpu

or

sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-gpu
  2. To install a specific version of SDK, list the available versions in the repo, then select and install the required version.

a. List the versions available in your repo: 

apt-cache madison face-rec-service-cpu

or

apt-cache madison face-rec-service-gpu
b. Install a specific version using the version string from the second column: 
sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-cpu=<VERSION>

or

sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-gpu=<VERSION>

Set up the repository

  1. Update the apt package index and install packages to allow apt using the repository over HTTPS: 
    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get install -y \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg-agent \
    software-properties-common
  2. Add Regula official GPG key: 
    curl -fsSL https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/debian/regula.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
  3. Use the following command to set up the stable repository: 
    sudo add-apt-repository \
    "deb [arch=amd64] https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/debian \
    $(lsb_release -cs) \
    stable"

Install SDK

  1. Update the apt package index and install the latest version of SDK, or go to the next step to install a specific version: 
    sudo apt-get update

    sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-cpu

or

sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-gpu
  2. To install a specific version of SDK, list the available versions in the repo, then select and install the required version.

a. List the versions available in your repo: 

apt-cache madison face-rec-service-cpu

or

apt-cache madison face-rec-service-gpu
b. Install a specific version using the version string from the second column: 
sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-cpu=<VERSION>

or

sudo apt-get install face-rec-service-gpu=<VERSION>

Set up the repository

Install the yum-utils package (which provides the yum-config-manager utility) and set up the stable repository. 

sudo yum install -y yum-utils

sudo yum-config-manager \
    --add-repo \
    https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/centos/regula.repo
Install SDK

  1. Install the latest version of SDK or go to the next step to install a specific version: 
    sudo yum install face-rec-service-cpu

or

sudo yum install face-rec-service-gpu
  2. To install a specific version of SDK, list the available versions in the repo, then select and install the required version.

a. List the versions available in your repo: 

sudo yum list face-rec-service-cpu --showduplicates | sort -r

or

sudo yum list face-rec-service-gpu --showduplicates | sort -r
b. Install a specific version by its fully qualified package name: 
sudo yum install face-rec-service-cpu-<VERSION>

or

sudo yum install face-rec-service-gpu-<VERSION>

Install from a package

Note

Regula packages require the following dependencies to be installed before SDK is downloaded: debconf (>= 0.2.26), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.20), udev, pcscd, libccid

  1. Open https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/ubuntu/pool/stable/f/, browse the required package dir and download the .deb file for the SDK version you want to install: 
    wget https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/ubuntu/pool/stable/f/face-rec-service-cpu/<package>.deb

or

wget https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/ubuntu/pool/stable/f/face-rec-service-gpu/<package>.deb
  2. Install the SDK: 
    sudo dpkg -i <package>.deb

Note

Regula packages require the following dependencies to be installed before SDK is downloaded: debconf (>= 0.2.26), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.20), udev, pcscd, libccid

  1. Open https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/debian/pool/stable/f/, browse the required package dir and download the .deb file for the SDK version you want to install: 
    wget https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/debian/pool/stable/f/face-rec-service-cpu/<package>.deb

or

wget https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/debian/pool/stable/f/face-rec-service-gpu/<package>.deb
  2. Install the SDK: 
    sudo dpkg -i <package>.deb

Note

Regula packages require the following dependencies to be installed before SDK is downloaded: libusb, pcsc-lite

  1. Open https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/centos/x86_64/stable/Packages/ and download the .rpm file for the SDK version you want to install: 
    wget https://downloads.regulaforensics.com/repo/centos/x86_64/stable/Packages/<package>.rpm
  2. Install the SDK: 
    sudo rpm -ivh <package>.rpm
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