How To Install python3-faiss on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-faiss on Debian 12.
What is python3-faiss
python3-faiss is:
Faiss is a library for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors. It contains algorithms that search in sets of vectors of any size, up to ones that possibly do not fit in RAM. It also contains supporting code for evaluation and parameter tuning. Faiss is written in C++ with complete wrappers for Python/numpy. Some of the most useful algorithms are implemented on the GPU. It is developed by Facebook AI Research.
This package contains the CPU-only version of the Python interface.
There are three methods to install python3-faiss on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-faiss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-faiss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-faiss
Install python3-faiss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-faiss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-faiss
Install python3-faiss 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 python3-faiss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-faiss
How To Uninstall python3-faiss on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-faiss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-faiss
Uninstall python3-faiss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-faiss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-faiss
Remove python3-faiss Configurations and Data
To remove python3-faiss configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-faiss
Remove python3-faiss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-faiss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-faiss
Dependencies
python3-faiss have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-faiss package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
