How To Install libsvmloc0 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvmloc0 on Ubuntu 18.04. libsvmloc0 is PSORTb adapted library for svm machine-learning library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvmloc0 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libsvmloc0

libsvmloc0 is:

Libsvm is a machine-learning library which 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.

PSORTb was featuring a code copy plus some local additions. This library is linked against the Debian packaged libsvn and just contains the PSORTb extensions.

PSORTb enables prediction of bacterial protein subcellular localization (SCL) and provides a quick and inexpensive means for gaining insight into protein function, verifying experimental results, annotating newly sequenced bacterial genomes, detecting potential cell surface/secreted drug targets, as well as identifying biomarkers for microbes.

This library needed by PSORTb is distributed separately by upstream.

This package contains the shared library which is needed to run PSORb.

There are three methods to install libsvmloc0 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 libsvmloc0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvmloc0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsvmloc0

Install libsvmloc0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libsvmloc0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libsvmloc0

Install libsvmloc0 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 libsvmloc0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsvmloc0

How To Uninstall libsvmloc0 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libsvmloc0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libsvmloc0

Uninstall libsvmloc0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libsvmloc0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsvmloc0

Remove libsvmloc0 Configurations and Data

To remove libsvmloc0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libsvmloc0

Remove libsvmloc0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libsvmloc0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsvmloc0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libsvmloc0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.