How To Install libsylfilter0 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsylfilter0 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libsylfilter0
libsylfilter0 is:
SylFilter is a generic message filter library and command-line tools. It provides a bayesian filter which is very popular as an algorithm for spam filtering. SylFilter also supports multilingual and can be applied to any languages. It is implemented with C language and runs fast with small resources.
- Very lightweight and fast
- Provides learning-type junk filter
- Multilingual support (including CJKV)
- Simple and flexible library APIs
- Supports several embedded databases (SQLite and QDBM)
There are three methods to install libsylfilter0 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 libsylfilter0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsylfilter0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsylfilter0
Install libsylfilter0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsylfilter0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsylfilter0
Install libsylfilter0 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 libsylfilter0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsylfilter0
How To Uninstall libsylfilter0 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libsylfilter0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsylfilter0
Uninstall libsylfilter0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsylfilter0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsylfilter0
Remove libsylfilter0 Configurations and Data
To remove libsylfilter0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsylfilter0
Remove libsylfilter0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsylfilter0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsylfilter0
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsylfilter0 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
