How To Install liblbfgs0 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgs0 on Debian 9. liblbfgs0 is L-BFGS solver for unconstrained nonlinear optimization problems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgs0 on Debian 9.

What is liblbfgs0

liblbfgs0 is:

Solves nonlinear optimization problems using the limited-memory BFGS method. The user specifies a callback C function that returns the value and gradients of the cost function at a particular operating point. This library estimates the Hessians from user input, and applies Newton’s method iteratively to find a local minimum of the cost function. This is a small library, written in C with minimal dependencies.

There are three methods to install liblbfgs0 on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblbfgs0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install liblbfgs0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install liblbfgs0

Install liblbfgs0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install liblbfgs0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install liblbfgs0

Install liblbfgs0 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 liblbfgs0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblbfgs0

How To Uninstall liblbfgs0 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the liblbfgs0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblbfgs0

Uninstall liblbfgs0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblbfgs0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblbfgs0

Remove liblbfgs0 Configurations and Data

To remove liblbfgs0 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblbfgs0

Remove liblbfgs0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove liblbfgs0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblbfgs0

Dependencies

liblbfgs0 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgs0 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.