How To Install libhnswlib-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhnswlib-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libhnswlib-dev
libhnswlib-dev is:
Header-only C++ HNSW implementation with Python bindings.
A common task in data analysis but also in scientific computations is to find data that is very close (multi-dimensional space) or similar (same thing) to a given data point. Also as heuristics for physics engines, it is the objects closest to you that you are most likely to collide with. This library knows how to do this fast.
There are three methods to install libhnswlib-dev
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libhnswlib-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libhnswlib-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libhnswlib-dev
Install libhnswlib-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libhnswlib-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libhnswlib-dev
Install libhnswlib-dev 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 libhnswlib-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libhnswlib-dev
How To Uninstall libhnswlib-dev on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libhnswlib-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libhnswlib-dev
Uninstall libhnswlib-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libhnswlib-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhnswlib-dev
Remove libhnswlib-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libhnswlib-dev
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libhnswlib-dev
Remove libhnswlib-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libhnswlib-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhnswlib-dev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libhnswlib-dev
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.