How To Install python3-liblinear on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-liblinear on Debian 9. python3-liblinear is Python 3 bindings for LIBLINEAR

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-liblinear on Debian 9.

What is python3-liblinear

python3-liblinear is:

LIBLINEAR is a library for learning linear classifiers for large scale applications. It supports Support Vector Machines (SVM) with L2 and L1 loss, logistic regression, multi class classification and also Linear Programming Machines (L1-regularized SVMs). Its computational complexity scales linearly with the number of training examples making it one of the fastest SVM solvers around. It also provides Python bindings.

This package contains the Python 3 bindings.

There are three methods to install python3-liblinear 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 python3-liblinear Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-liblinear using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-liblinear

Install python3-liblinear Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-liblinear using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-liblinear

Install python3-liblinear 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 python3-liblinear using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-liblinear

How To Uninstall python3-liblinear on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python3-liblinear package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-liblinear

Uninstall python3-liblinear And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-liblinear and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-liblinear

Remove python3-liblinear Configurations and Data

To remove python3-liblinear configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-liblinear

Remove python3-liblinear configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-liblinear configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-liblinear

Dependencies

python3-liblinear have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-liblinear package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.