How To Install elki on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install elki on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is elki
elki is:
ELKI: “Environment for Developing KDD-Applications Supported by Index-Structures” is a development framework for data mining algorithms written in Java. It includes a large variety of popular data mining algorithms, distance functions and index structures.
Its focus is particularly on clustering and outlier detection methods, in contrast to many other data mining toolkits that focus on classification. Additionally, it includes support for index structures to improve algorithm performance such as R*-Tree and M-Tree.
The modular architecture is meant to allow adding custom components such as distance functions or algorithms, while being able to reuse the other parts for evaluation.
This package contains the compiled ELKI version, and launcher scripts.
There are three methods to install elki on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install elki Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install elki using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install elki
Install elki Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install elki using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install elki
Install elki 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 elki using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install elki
How To Uninstall elki on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the elki package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove elki
Uninstall elki And Its Dependencies
To uninstall elki and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove elki
Remove elki Configurations and Data
To remove elki configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge elki
Remove elki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove elki configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elki
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install elki package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
