How To Install simstring-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install simstring-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is simstring-dev
simstring-dev is:
SimString is a simple library for fast approximate string retrieval. Approximate string retrieval finds strings in a database whose similarity with a query string is no smaller than a threshold. Finding not only identical but similar strings, approximate string retrieval has various applications including spelling correction, flexible dictionary matching, duplicate detection, and record linkage.
It is implemented using C++ templates.
There are three methods to install simstring-dev 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-dev 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-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install simstring-dev
Install simstring-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install simstring-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install simstring-dev
Install simstring-dev 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-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install simstring-dev
How To Uninstall simstring-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the simstring-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove simstring-dev
Uninstall simstring-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall simstring-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove simstring-dev
Remove simstring-dev Configurations and Data
To remove simstring-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge simstring-dev
Remove simstring-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove simstring-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simstring-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install simstring-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.