How To Install vowpal-wabbit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install vowpal-wabbit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is vowpal-wabbit
vowpal-wabbit 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
There are three methods to install vowpal-wabbit 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install vowpal-wabbit
Install vowpal-wabbit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install vowpal-wabbit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install vowpal-wabbit
Install vowpal-wabbit 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install vowpal-wabbit
How To Uninstall vowpal-wabbit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the vowpal-wabbit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove vowpal-wabbit
Uninstall vowpal-wabbit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall vowpal-wabbit 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
Remove vowpal-wabbit Configurations and Data
To remove vowpal-wabbit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge vowpal-wabbit
Remove vowpal-wabbit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove vowpal-wabbit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vowpal-wabbit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install vowpal-wabbit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
