How To Install python-libsvm on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libsvm
on Debian 9.
What is python-libsvm
python-libsvm is:
Python interface for the LIBSVM library using ctypes. This new Python interface is provided since 2.91, and it is incompatible with the old one.
There are three methods to install python-libsvm
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-libsvm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libsvm
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libsvm
Install python-libsvm Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libsvm
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libsvm
Install python-libsvm 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libsvm
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libsvm
How To Uninstall python-libsvm on Debian 9
To uninstall only the python-libsvm
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libsvm
Uninstall python-libsvm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libsvm
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libsvm
Remove python-libsvm Configurations and Data
To remove python-libsvm
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libsvm
Remove python-libsvm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libsvm
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libsvm
Dependencies
python-libsvm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libsvm
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.