How To Install sptag on Debian 12

Learn how to install sptag on Debian 12 with this tutorial. sptag is distributed approximate nearest neighborhood search (ANN)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sptag on Debian 12.

What is sptag

sptag is:

A distributed approximate nearest neighborhood search (ANN) library which provides a high quality vector index build, search and distributed online serving toolkits for large scale vector search scenario.

This package contains the client, server, aggregator and index builder and searcher.

There are three methods to install sptag 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 sptag Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sptag

Install sptag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sptag using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sptag

Install sptag 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 sptag using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sptag

How To Uninstall sptag on Debian 12

To uninstall only the sptag package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sptag

Uninstall sptag And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sptag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sptag

Remove sptag Configurations and Data

To remove sptag configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sptag

Remove sptag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sptag

Dependencies

sptag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sptag package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.