How To Install vowpal-wabbit-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vowpal-wabbit-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vowpal-wabbit-dbg
vowpal-wabbit-dbg is:
Vowpal Wabbit is a fast online machine learning algorithm. The core algorithm is specialist gradient descent (GD) on a loss function (several are available). VW features:
- flexible input data specification
- speedy learning
- scalability (bounded memory footprint, suitable for distributed computation)
- feature pairing
This package contains debug symbols for the binaries shipped by vowpal-wabbit packages.
There are three methods to install vowpal-wabbit-dbg 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 vowpal-wabbit-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install vowpal-wabbit-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vowpal-wabbit-dbg
Install vowpal-wabbit-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vowpal-wabbit-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vowpal-wabbit-dbg
Install vowpal-wabbit-dbg 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 vowpal-wabbit-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vowpal-wabbit-dbg
How To Uninstall vowpal-wabbit-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vowpal-wabbit-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vowpal-wabbit-dbg
Uninstall vowpal-wabbit-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vowpal-wabbit-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove vowpal-wabbit-dbg
Remove vowpal-wabbit-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove vowpal-wabbit-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vowpal-wabbit-dbg
Remove vowpal-wabbit-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vowpal-wabbit-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vowpal-wabbit-dbg
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vowpal-wabbit-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
