How To Install libsvm3 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvm3
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsvm3
libsvm3 is:
The LIBSVM library is used to calculate Support Vector Machine optimizations with a great variety of powerful options. It includes one-class, two-class, multiclass, regression-mode, and probablistic output functionality. It is primarily of interest to machine-learning researchers and artificial intelligence application developers.
There are three methods to install libsvm3
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 libsvm3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsvm3
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsvm3
Install libsvm3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsvm3
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsvm3
Install libsvm3 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 libsvm3
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsvm3
How To Uninstall libsvm3 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsvm3
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsvm3
Uninstall libsvm3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsvm3
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvm3
Remove libsvm3 Configurations and Data
To remove libsvm3
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsvm3
Remove libsvm3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsvm3
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsvm3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvm3
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.