How To Install theano-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install theano-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. theano-doc is CPU/GPU math expression compiler for Python (docs)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install theano-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is theano-doc

theano-doc is:

Theano is a Python library that allows one to define and evaluate mathematical expressions involving multi-dimensional arrays efficiently. It provides a high-level Numpy like expression language for functional description of calculation, rearranges expressions for speed and stability, and generates native machine instructions for fast calculation. Optionally, highly accelerated computations could be carried out on graphics cards processors.

This package contains the documentation for Theano.

There are three methods to install theano-doc 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 theano-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install theano-doc

Install theano-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install theano-doc

Install theano-doc 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 theano-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install theano-doc

How To Uninstall theano-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the theano-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove theano-doc

Uninstall theano-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove theano-doc

Remove theano-doc Configurations and Data

To remove theano-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge theano-doc

Remove theano-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge theano-doc

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Summary

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