How To Install dimbl on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dimbl on Kali Linux. dimbl is Distributed Memory Based Learner

Introduction

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

What is dimbl

dimbl is:

Dimbl is a wrapper around the k-nearest neighbor classifier in TiMBL, offering parallel classification on multi-CPU machines. Dimbl splits the original training set, builds separate TiMBL classifiers per training subset, and merges their nearest-neighbor sets per classified instance

Dimbl’s features are:

  • Wraps neatly around TiMBL, retaining all command line options;
  • Knows what to do with your multiple, duo, or quad cores;
  • Makes use of the OpenMP specification for parallel programming;
  • Can attain superlinear speed gains compared to standard TiMBL.

Dimbl is a product of the ILK Research Group (Tilburg University, The Netherlands).

If you do scientific research in Natural Language Processing using the Memory-Based Learning technique, Dimbl will likely be of use to you.

There are three methods to install dimbl 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 dimbl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dimbl

Install dimbl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dimbl

Install dimbl 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 dimbl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dimbl

How To Uninstall dimbl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dimbl

Uninstall dimbl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dimbl

Remove dimbl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dimbl

Remove dimbl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dimbl

Dependencies

dimbl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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