How To Install python-reverend on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-reverend on Ubuntu 18.04. python-reverend is general purpose Bayesian classifier for Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-reverend on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-reverend

python-reverend is:

Reverend is a general purpose Bayesian classifier, named after Rev. Thomas Bayes. Use the Reverend to quickly add Bayesian smarts to your app. To use it in your own application, you either subclass Bayes or pass it a tokenizing function. Bayesian fun has never been so quick and easy.

Stuff you can do with the Reverend: * classify RSS stories * classify recipes by cuisine * who do you write like? Shakespeare, Dickens or Austen * detect the language of a document * is your code more like Guido’s or Peter’s

There are three methods to install python-reverend 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 python-reverend 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-reverend using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-reverend

Install python-reverend Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-reverend

Install python-reverend 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-reverend using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-reverend

How To Uninstall python-reverend on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-reverend package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-reverend

Uninstall python-reverend And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-reverend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-reverend

Remove python-reverend Configurations and Data

To remove python-reverend configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-reverend

Remove python-reverend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-reverend

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-reverend package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.