How To Install libsvm-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libsvm-dev

libsvm-dev is:

LIBSVM, a machine-learning library, is an easy-to-use package for support vector classification, regression and one-class SVM. It supports multi-class classification, probability outputs, and parameter selection.

This package contains the development header files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libsvm-dev

Install libsvm-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsvm-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsvm-dev

How To Uninstall libsvm-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsvm-dev

Uninstall libsvm-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvm-dev

Remove libsvm-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsvm-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsvm-dev have the following dependencies:

• libsvm3

References

• libsvm-dev website

Summary

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