How To Install libots-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libots-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libots-dev is Open Text Summarizer (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libots-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libots-dev

libots-dev is:

OTS reads a text and decides which sentences are important and which are not. Then it creates a short summary or will highlight the main idea in the text (the output can be HTML). OTS is m17n’d and works with UTF-8 encoding.

This package contains files used for development with ots.

There are three methods to install libots-dev 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 libots-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 libots-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libots-dev

Install libots-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libots-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libots-dev

How To Uninstall libots-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove libots-dev

Uninstall libots-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libots-dev

Remove libots-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libots-dev

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

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

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

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Summary

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