How To Install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl is Perl interface to an L-BFGS non-linear optimization algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl on Debian 10.

What is libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl is:

Algorithm::LBFGS is an interface to liblbfgs, a C implementation of L-BFGS.

L-BFGS (Limited-memory Broyden-Fletcher-Goldfarb-Shanno) is a quasi-Newton method for unconstrained optimization. This method is especially efficient on problems involving a large number of variables.

Generally, it solves a problem described as following:

min f(x), x = (x1, x2, …, xn)

There are three methods to install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

Install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

Install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

How To Uninstall libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

Uninstall libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

Remove libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

Remove libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl

Dependencies

libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libalgorithm-lbfgs-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.