How To Install libtimbl4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimbl4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libtimbl4-dev
libtimbl4-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 libtimbl4-dev 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 libtimbl4-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 libtimbl4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libtimbl4-dev
Install libtimbl4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libtimbl4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libtimbl4-dev
Install libtimbl4-dev 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 libtimbl4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libtimbl4-dev
How To Uninstall libtimbl4-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libtimbl4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libtimbl4-dev
Uninstall libtimbl4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libtimbl4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libtimbl4-dev
Remove libtimbl4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libtimbl4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libtimbl4-dev
Remove libtimbl4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libtimbl4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libtimbl4-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libtimbl4-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
