How To Install libcmph0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmph0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libcmph0 is C Minimal Perfect Hashing Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmph0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libcmph0

libcmph0 is:

Minimal perfect hash functions are widely used for memory efficient storage and fast retrieval of items from static sets, such as words in natural languages, reserved words in programming languages or interactive systems, universal resource locations (URLs) in Web search engines, or item sets in data mining techniques.

There are three methods to install libcmph0 on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libcmph0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcmph0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcmph0

Install libcmph0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcmph0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcmph0

Install libcmph0 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 libcmph0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcmph0

How To Uninstall libcmph0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libcmph0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcmph0

Uninstall libcmph0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcmph0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcmph0

Remove libcmph0 Configurations and Data

To remove libcmph0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcmph0

Remove libcmph0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcmph0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcmph0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcmph0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.