How To Install python-snowballstemmer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snowballstemmer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-snowballstemmer
python-snowballstemmer is:
Snowball stemming library collection for Python, provides 16 stemmer algorithms (15 + Poerter English stemmer) generated from Snowball algorithms. It includes following language algorithms:
- Danish
- Dutch
- English (Standard, Porter)
- Finnish
- French
- German
- Hungarian
- Italian
- Norwegian
- Portuguese
- Romanian
- Russian
- Spanish
- Swedish
- Turkish
There are three methods to install python-snowballstemmer 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 python-snowballstemmer 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-snowballstemmer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-snowballstemmer
Install python-snowballstemmer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-snowballstemmer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-snowballstemmer
Install python-snowballstemmer 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 python-snowballstemmer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-snowballstemmer
How To Uninstall python-snowballstemmer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-snowballstemmer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-snowballstemmer
Uninstall python-snowballstemmer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-snowballstemmer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-snowballstemmer
Remove python-snowballstemmer Configurations and Data
To remove python-snowballstemmer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-snowballstemmer
Remove python-snowballstemmer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-snowballstemmer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-snowballstemmer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-snowballstemmer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
