How To Install apprecommender on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install apprecommender on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is apprecommender
apprecommender is:
The user provides a set of applications installed in her/his system and the recommender suggests a set of programs that she/he might also be interested in, based on the profile deduced from the his previous choices and other similar users choices. The recommendations are composed using classification and information retrieval techniques using debtags, apt-xapian-index and user packages terms as data sources.
There are three methods to install apprecommender on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install apprecommender Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install apprecommender using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install apprecommender
Install apprecommender Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install apprecommender using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install apprecommender
Install apprecommender 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 apprecommender using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install apprecommender
How To Uninstall apprecommender on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the apprecommender package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove apprecommender
Uninstall apprecommender And Its Dependencies
To uninstall apprecommender and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove apprecommender
Remove apprecommender Configurations and Data
To remove apprecommender configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge apprecommender
Remove apprecommender configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove apprecommender configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge apprecommender
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install apprecommender package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
