How To Install libfannj-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfannj-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libfannj-java is FannJ a Java binding to the Fast Artificial Neural Network (FANN) C library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libfannj-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libfannj-java

libfannj-java is:

Use FannJ if you have an existing ANN from the FANN project (libfann2) that you would like to access from Java. There are several GUI tools that will help you create and train an ANN.

There are three methods to install libfannj-java 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 libfannj-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libfannj-java

Install libfannj-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libfannj-java

Install libfannj-java 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 libfannj-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libfannj-java

How To Uninstall libfannj-java on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libfannj-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libfannj-java

Uninstall libfannj-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfannj-java

Remove libfannj-java Configurations and Data

To remove libfannj-java configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libfannj-java

Remove libfannj-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfannj-java

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Summary

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