How To Install libsegment-java on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsegment-java on Ubuntu 18.04. libsegment-java is Rule based text splitting library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsegment-java on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsegment-java

libsegment-java is:

Segment library is used to split text into segments, for example sentences. Splitting rules are read from SRX file, which is standard format for this task.

There are three methods to install libsegment-java 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 libsegment-java Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsegment-java

Install libsegment-java Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsegment-java

Install libsegment-java 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 libsegment-java using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsegment-java

How To Uninstall libsegment-java on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libsegment-java package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsegment-java

Uninstall libsegment-java And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsegment-java

Remove libsegment-java Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsegment-java

Remove libsegment-java configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsegment-java

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Summary

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