How To Install libcneartree5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcneartree5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libcneartree5
libcneartree5 is:
Neartree is an API and a library for finding nearest neighbors among points in spaces of arbitrary dimensions.
The library uses the Nearest Neighbor algorithm after Kalantari and McDonald, (IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, v. SE-9, pp. 631-634,1983) modified to use recursion instead of a double-linked tree and simplified so that it does less checking for things like is the distance to the right less than the distance to the left; it was found that these checks make little to no difference.
There are three methods to install libcneartree5 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 libcneartree5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcneartree5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcneartree5
Install libcneartree5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcneartree5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcneartree5
Install libcneartree5 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 libcneartree5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcneartree5
How To Uninstall libcneartree5 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libcneartree5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcneartree5
Uninstall libcneartree5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcneartree5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcneartree5
Remove libcneartree5 Configurations and Data
To remove libcneartree5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcneartree5
Remove libcneartree5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcneartree5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcneartree5
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcneartree5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
