How To Install libexttextcat-2.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexttextcat-2.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libexttextcat-2.0-0 is Language detection library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexttextcat-2.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libexttextcat-2.0-0

libexttextcat-2.0-0 is:

Libexttextcat is a library with functions that implement the classification technique described in Cavnar & Trenkle, “N-Gram-Based Text Categorization”. It was primarily developed for language guessing, a task on which it is known to perform with near-perfect accuracy.

There are three methods to install libexttextcat-2.0-0 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 libexttextcat-2.0-0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libexttextcat-2.0-0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libexttextcat-2.0-0

Install libexttextcat-2.0-0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libexttextcat-2.0-0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libexttextcat-2.0-0

Install libexttextcat-2.0-0 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 libexttextcat-2.0-0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libexttextcat-2.0-0

How To Uninstall libexttextcat-2.0-0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libexttextcat-2.0-0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libexttextcat-2.0-0

Uninstall libexttextcat-2.0-0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libexttextcat-2.0-0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libexttextcat-2.0-0

Remove libexttextcat-2.0-0 Configurations and Data

To remove libexttextcat-2.0-0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libexttextcat-2.0-0

Remove libexttextcat-2.0-0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libexttextcat-2.0-0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libexttextcat-2.0-0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libexttextcat-2.0-0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.