How To Install ruby-classifier-reborn on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-classifier-reborn on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-classifier-reborn is Successor of Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-classifier-reborn on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-classifier-reborn

ruby-classifier-reborn is:

Classifier is a general module to allow Bayesian and other types of classifications. Classifier Reborn is a fork of original classifier under more active development.

This package provides Bayes classifier and Latent Semantic Indexer. Bayesian Classifiers are accurate, fast, and have modest memory requirements. Latent Semantic Indexing engines are not as fast or as small as Bayesian classifiers, but are more flexible, providing fast search and clustering detection as well as semantic analysis of the text that theoretically simulates human learning.

There are three methods to install ruby-classifier-reborn 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 ruby-classifier-reborn Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-classifier-reborn using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-classifier-reborn

Install ruby-classifier-reborn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-classifier-reborn using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-classifier-reborn

Install ruby-classifier-reborn 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 ruby-classifier-reborn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-classifier-reborn

How To Uninstall ruby-classifier-reborn on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-classifier-reborn package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-classifier-reborn

Uninstall ruby-classifier-reborn And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-classifier-reborn

Remove ruby-classifier-reborn Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-classifier-reborn configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-classifier-reborn

Remove ruby-classifier-reborn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-classifier-reborn configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-classifier-reborn

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Summary

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