How To Install simstring-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install simstring-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is simstring-bin
simstring-bin is:
simstring command provides building a database from corpus text file. And it can find similar words specified string from the built database using the command or template library.
There are three methods to install simstring-bin 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 simstring-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install simstring-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install simstring-bin
Install simstring-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install simstring-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install simstring-bin
Install simstring-bin 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 simstring-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install simstring-bin
How To Uninstall simstring-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the simstring-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove simstring-bin
Uninstall simstring-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall simstring-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove simstring-bin
Remove simstring-bin Configurations and Data
To remove simstring-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge simstring-bin
Remove simstring-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove simstring-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simstring-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install simstring-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.