How To Install vowpal-wabbit-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vowpal-wabbit-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is vowpal-wabbit-doc
vowpal-wabbit-doc 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 examples (tests) for vowpal-wabbit.
There are three methods to install vowpal-wabbit-doc 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 vowpal-wabbit-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vowpal-wabbit-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vowpal-wabbit-doc
Install vowpal-wabbit-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vowpal-wabbit-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vowpal-wabbit-doc
Install vowpal-wabbit-doc 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 vowpal-wabbit-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vowpal-wabbit-doc
How To Uninstall vowpal-wabbit-doc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the vowpal-wabbit-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vowpal-wabbit-doc
Uninstall vowpal-wabbit-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vowpal-wabbit-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vowpal-wabbit-doc
Remove vowpal-wabbit-doc Configurations and Data
To remove vowpal-wabbit-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vowpal-wabbit-doc
Remove vowpal-wabbit-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vowpal-wabbit-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vowpal-wabbit-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vowpal-wabbit-doc package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
