How To Install libhat-trie0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhat-trie0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libhat-trie0 is HAT-trie, an extremely efficient (space and time) modern variant of tries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhat-trie0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libhat-trie0

libhat-trie0 is:

This is an ANSI C99 implementation of the HAT-trie data structure of Askitis and Sinha, an extremely efficient (space and time) modern variant of tries.

The version implemented here maps arrays of bytes to words (i.e., unsigned longs), which can be used to store counts, pointers, etc, or not used at all if you simply want to maintain a set of unique strings.

There are three methods to install libhat-trie0 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 libhat-trie0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libhat-trie0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libhat-trie0

Install libhat-trie0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libhat-trie0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libhat-trie0

Install libhat-trie0 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 libhat-trie0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libhat-trie0

How To Uninstall libhat-trie0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libhat-trie0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libhat-trie0

Uninstall libhat-trie0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libhat-trie0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libhat-trie0

Remove libhat-trie0 Configurations and Data

To remove libhat-trie0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libhat-trie0

Remove libhat-trie0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libhat-trie0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libhat-trie0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libhat-trie0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.