How To Install foma-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foma-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is foma-bin
foma-bin is:
Foma can be used for constructing finite-state automata and transducers. It has support for many natural language processing applications such as producing morphological analyzers. It is sufficiently generic to use for a large number of purposes in addition to NLP. The foma interface is similar to the Xerox xfst interface
This package includes binaries for foma.
There are three methods to install foma-bin 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 foma-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install foma-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foma-bin
Install foma-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install foma-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foma-bin
Install foma-bin 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 foma-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foma-bin
How To Uninstall foma-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the foma-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foma-bin
Uninstall foma-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foma-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foma-bin
Remove foma-bin Configurations and Data
To remove foma-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foma-bin
Remove foma-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foma-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foma-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foma-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
