How To Install libmlpack-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack-dev on Kali Linux. libmlpack-dev is intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library (development libs)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack-dev on Kali Linux.

What is libmlpack-dev

libmlpack-dev is:

This package contains the mlpack Library development files.

Machine Learning Pack (mlpack) is an intuitive, fast, scalable C++ machine learning library, meant to be a machine learning analog to LAPACK. It aims to implement a wide array of machine learning methods and function as a “swiss army knife” for machine learning researchers.

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

Install libmlpack-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 libmlpack-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmlpack-dev

Install libmlpack-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmlpack-dev

Install libmlpack-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libmlpack-dev

How To Uninstall libmlpack-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libmlpack-dev

Uninstall libmlpack-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmlpack-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmlpack-dev

Remove libmlpack-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmlpack-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmlpack-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libmlpack-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmlpack-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.