How To Install liblbfgspp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgspp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. liblbfgspp-dev is C++ library that implements the Limited-memory BFGS algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgspp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is liblbfgspp-dev

liblbfgspp-dev is:

LBFGS++ is a header-only C++ library that implements the Limited-memory BFGS algorithm (L-BFGS) for unconstrained minimization problems, and a modified version of the L-BFGS-B algorithm for box-constrained ones.

There are three methods to install liblbfgspp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install liblbfgspp-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install liblbfgspp-dev

Install liblbfgspp-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install liblbfgspp-dev

Install liblbfgspp-dev 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 liblbfgspp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install liblbfgspp-dev

How To Uninstall liblbfgspp-dev on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the liblbfgspp-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove liblbfgspp-dev

Uninstall liblbfgspp-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall liblbfgspp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblbfgspp-dev

Remove liblbfgspp-dev Configurations and Data

To remove liblbfgspp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge liblbfgspp-dev

Remove liblbfgspp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblbfgspp-dev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgspp-dev package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.