How To Install libmlpack3 on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack3 on Ubuntu 20.04. libmlpack3 is intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library (runtime library)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack3 on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is libmlpack3

libmlpack3 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 libmlpack3 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmlpack3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmlpack3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmlpack3

Install libmlpack3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmlpack3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmlpack3

Install libmlpack3 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 libmlpack3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmlpack3

How To Uninstall libmlpack3 on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the libmlpack3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmlpack3

Uninstall libmlpack3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmlpack3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlpack3

Remove libmlpack3 Configurations and Data

To remove libmlpack3 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmlpack3

Remove libmlpack3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmlpack3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmlpack3

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack3 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.