How To Install libsvm-tools on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvm-tools on Debian 12.

What is libsvm-tools

libsvm-tools is:

LIBSVM 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.

There are three methods to install libsvm-tools on Debian 12. 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-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 libsvm-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsvm-tools

Install libsvm-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsvm-tools

Install libsvm-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install libsvm-tools

How To Uninstall libsvm-tools on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove libsvm-tools

Uninstall libsvm-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsvm-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvm-tools

Remove libsvm-tools Configurations and Data

To remove libsvm-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsvm-tools

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

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

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

Dependencies

libsvm-tools have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libsvm3
• gnuplot

References

• libsvm-tools website
• libsvm-tools on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvm-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.