How To Install createfp on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install createfp on Ubuntu 20.04. createfp is Language detection library - fingerprint generation utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install createfp on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is createfp

createfp is:

Libexttextcat is a library with functions that implement the classification technique described in Cavnar & Trenkle, “N-Gram-Based Text Categorization”. It was primarily developed for language guessing, a task on which it is known to perform with near-perfect accuracy.

This package contains ‘createfp’ for generating fingerprints

There are three methods to install createfp on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install createfp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install createfp

Install createfp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install createfp

Install createfp 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 createfp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install createfp

How To Uninstall createfp on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove createfp

Uninstall createfp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall createfp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove createfp

Remove createfp Configurations and Data

To remove createfp configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge createfp

Remove createfp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge createfp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install createfp package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.