How To Install libmlpack2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack2 on Debian 9. libmlpack2 is intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library (runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack2 on Debian 9.

What is libmlpack2

libmlpack2 is:

This package contains the mlpack Library runtime files.

Machine Learning Pack (mlpack) is an intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library, meant to be a machine learning analog to LAPACK. It aims to implement a wide array of machine learning methods and function as a “swiss army knife” for machine learning researchers.

There are three methods to install libmlpack2 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 libmlpack2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmlpack2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmlpack2

Install libmlpack2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmlpack2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmlpack2

Install libmlpack2 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 libmlpack2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmlpack2

How To Uninstall libmlpack2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libmlpack2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmlpack2

Uninstall libmlpack2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmlpack2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlpack2

Remove libmlpack2 Configurations and Data

To remove libmlpack2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmlpack2

Remove libmlpack2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmlpack2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlpack2

Dependencies

libmlpack2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.