How To Install libtimbl-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimbl-dev on Kali Linux. libtimbl-dev is Tilburg Memory Based Learner - development

Introduction

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

What is libtimbl-dev

libtimbl-dev is:

The Tilburg Memory Based Learner, TiMBL, is a tool for Natural Language Processing research, and for many other domains where classification tasks are learned from examples. It is an efficient implementation of k-nearest neighbor classifier.

TiMBL is a product of the Centre of Language and Speech Technology (Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands), the ILK Research Group (Tilburg University, The Netherlands) and the CLiPS Research Centre (University of Antwerp, Belgium).

This package provides the TiMBL header files required to compile C++ programs that use TiMBL.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libtimbl-dev

Install libtimbl-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libtimbl-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libtimbl-dev

How To Uninstall libtimbl-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libtimbl-dev

Uninstall libtimbl-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtimbl-dev

Remove libtimbl-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libtimbl-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libtimbl-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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