How To Install fasttext on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install fasttext on Kali Linux. fasttext is Efficient learning of word representations and sentence classification library

Introduction

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

What is fasttext

fasttext is:

fastText is a library for efficient learning of word representations and sentence classification, which refers subword information to enrich word vectors.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fasttext

Install fasttext Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fasttext

Install fasttext 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 fasttext using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fasttext

How To Uninstall fasttext on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fasttext

Uninstall fasttext And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fasttext

Remove fasttext Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fasttext

Remove fasttext configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fasttext

Dependencies

fasttext have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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