How To Install libxgboost-dev on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install libxgboost-dev on Kali Linux. libxgboost-dev is Scalable and Flexible Gradient Boosting (Development)

Introduction

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

What is libxgboost-dev

libxgboost-dev is:

XGBoost is an optimized distributed gradient boosting library designed to be highly efficient, flexible and portable. It implements machine learning algorithms under the Gradient Boosting framework. XGBoost provides a parallel tree boosting (also known as GBDT, GBM) that solve many data science problems in a fast and accurate way. The same code runs on major distributed environment (Kubernetes, Hadoop, SGE, MPI, Dask) and can solve problems beyond billions of examples.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libxgboost-dev

Install libxgboost-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libxgboost-dev

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

sudo aptitude -y install libxgboost-dev

How To Uninstall libxgboost-dev on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libxgboost-dev

Uninstall libxgboost-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libxgboost-dev

Remove libxgboost-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libxgboost-dev

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

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

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

Dependencies

libxgboost-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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