How To Install python3-xgboost on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xgboost on Kali Linux. python3-xgboost is Scalable and Flexible Gradient Boosting (Python3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xgboost on Kali Linux.

What is python3-xgboost

python3-xgboost 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 python3-xgboost 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 python3-xgboost 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-xgboost using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-xgboost

Install python3-xgboost Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-xgboost using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-xgboost

Install python3-xgboost 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 python3-xgboost using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-xgboost

How To Uninstall python3-xgboost on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-xgboost package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-xgboost

Uninstall python3-xgboost And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-xgboost and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-xgboost

Remove python3-xgboost Configurations and Data

To remove python3-xgboost configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-xgboost

Remove python3-xgboost configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-xgboost configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-xgboost

Dependencies

python3-xgboost have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-xgboost package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.