How To Install libngram-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngram-tools on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libngram-tools
libngram-tools is:
The OpenGrm NGram library is used for making and modifying n-gram language models encoded as weighted finite-state transducers (FSTs). The library includes operations for counting, smoothing, pruning, applying, and evaluating n-gram language models.
This package provides the command line tools.
There are three methods to install libngram-tools 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 libngram-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libngram-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libngram-tools
Install libngram-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libngram-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libngram-tools
Install libngram-tools 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 libngram-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libngram-tools
How To Uninstall libngram-tools on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libngram-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libngram-tools
Uninstall libngram-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libngram-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libngram-tools
Remove libngram-tools Configurations and Data
To remove libngram-tools configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libngram-tools
Remove libngram-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libngram-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libngram-tools
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngram-tools package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
