How To Install python-pykdtree on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pykdtree on Debian 9.
What is python-pykdtree
python-pykdtree is:
pykdtree is a kd-tree implementation for fast nearest neighbour search in Python. The aim is to be the fastest implementation around for common use cases (low dimensions and low number of neighbours) for both tree construction and queries.
The implementation is based on scipy.spatial.cKDTree and libANN by combining the best features from both and focus on implementation efficiency.
The interface is similar to that of scipy.spatial.cKDTree except only Euclidean distance measure is supported.
Queries are optionally multithreaded using OpenMP.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-pykdtree 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 python-pykdtree 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-pykdtree using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pykdtree
Install python-pykdtree Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pykdtree using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pykdtree
Install python-pykdtree 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 python-pykdtree using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pykdtree
How To Uninstall python-pykdtree on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-pykdtree package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pykdtree
Uninstall python-pykdtree And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pykdtree and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pykdtree
Remove python-pykdtree Configurations and Data
To remove python-pykdtree configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pykdtree
Remove python-pykdtree configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pykdtree configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pykdtree
Dependencies
python-pykdtree have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pykdtree package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
