How To Install xgboost on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xgboost on Kali Linux. xgboost is Scalable and Flexible Gradient Boosting (Executable)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xgboost on Kali Linux.

What is xgboost

xgboost is:

XGBoost is an optimized distributed gradient boosting library designed to be highly efficient, flexible and portable. It implements machine learning algorithms under the Gradient Boosting framework. XGBoost provides a parallel tree boosting (also known as GBDT, GBM) that solve many data science problems in a fast and accurate way. The same code runs on major distributed environment (Kubernetes, Hadoop, SGE, MPI, Dask) and can solve problems beyond billions of examples.

There are three methods to install xgboost on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install xgboost Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xgboost

Install xgboost Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install xgboost using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install xgboost

Install xgboost Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install xgboost using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xgboost

How To Uninstall xgboost on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the xgboost package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove xgboost

Uninstall xgboost And Its Dependencies

To uninstall xgboost and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xgboost

Remove xgboost Configurations and Data

To remove xgboost configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge xgboost

Remove xgboost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xgboost

Dependencies

xgboost have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xgboost package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.