How To Install libsvm3 on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvm3 on Kali Linux. libsvm3 is library implementing support vector machines

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvm3 on Kali Linux.

What is libsvm3

libsvm3 is:

The LIBSVM library is used to calculate Support Vector Machine optimizations with a great variety of powerful options. It includes one-class, two-class, multiclass, regression-mode, and probablistic output functionality. It is primarily of interest to machine-learning researchers and artificial intelligence application developers.

There are three methods to install libsvm3 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 libsvm3 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvm3 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsvm3

Install libsvm3 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvm3 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsvm3

Install libsvm3 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 libsvm3 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsvm3

How To Uninstall libsvm3 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libsvm3 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsvm3

Uninstall libsvm3 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsvm3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvm3

Remove libsvm3 Configurations and Data

To remove libsvm3 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsvm3

Remove libsvm3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsvm3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsvm3

Dependencies

libsvm3 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvm3 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.