How To Install malaga-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install malaga-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. malaga-bin is System for automatic language analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install malaga-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is malaga-bin

malaga-bin is:

Malaga is a system for implementing natural language analysers: both grammars and morphologies can be created. You will not be needing this package if you do not intend to do research on computer linguistics or develop computer programs that need to do advanced processing of natural languages.

This package contains a set of standalone programs that can be used in developing and playing with grammars and morphologies. One of the programs uses a Tk/TCL module for displaying graphical analysis trees.

There are three methods to install malaga-bin 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 malaga-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install malaga-bin

Install malaga-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install malaga-bin

Install malaga-bin 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 malaga-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install malaga-bin

How To Uninstall malaga-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the malaga-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove malaga-bin

Uninstall malaga-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove malaga-bin

Remove malaga-bin Configurations and Data

To remove malaga-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge malaga-bin

Remove malaga-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge malaga-bin

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Summary

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