How To Install libvw0 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvw0 on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libvw0
libvw0 is:
Vowpal Wabbit is a fast online machine learning algorithm. The core algorithm is specialist gradient descent (GD) on a loss function (several are available). VW features:
- flexible input data specification
- speedy learning
- scalability (bounded memory footprint, suitable for distributed computation)
- feature pairing
This package contains vowpal-wabbit’s dynamic libraries.
There are three methods to install libvw0 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 libvw0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libvw0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libvw0
Install libvw0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libvw0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libvw0
Install libvw0 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 libvw0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libvw0
How To Uninstall libvw0 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libvw0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libvw0
Uninstall libvw0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libvw0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libvw0
Remove libvw0 Configurations and Data
To remove libvw0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libvw0
Remove libvw0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libvw0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libvw0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libvw0 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
