How To Install python-pyfann on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfann on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-pyfann
python-pyfann is:
Fast Artificial Neural Network Library is a free open source neural network library, which implements multilayer artificial neural networks in C with support for both fully connected and sparsely connected networks.
This package provides the Python bindings for FANN under their former name “pyfann”. However, these are deprecated, and you should migrate your code to use the bindings from python-fann2 instead.
There are three methods to install python-pyfann 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 python-pyfann Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyfann using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyfann
Install python-pyfann Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyfann using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyfann
Install python-pyfann 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 python-pyfann using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyfann
How To Uninstall python-pyfann on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-pyfann package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyfann
Uninstall python-pyfann And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyfann and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyfann
Remove python-pyfann Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyfann configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyfann
Remove python-pyfann configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyfann configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyfann
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyfann package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
