How To Install libann0 on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libann0 on Ubuntu 22.04. libann0 is Approximate Nearest Neighbor Searching library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libann0 on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is libann0

libann0 is:

ANN is a library written in C++, which supports data structures and algorithms for both exact and approximate nearest neighbor searching in arbitrarily high dimensions. ANN assumes that distances are measured using any class of distance functions called Minkowski metrics. These include the well known Euclidean distance, Manhattan distance, and max distance. ANN performs quite efficiently for point sets ranging in size from thousands to hundreds of thousands, and in dimensions as high as 20.

There are three methods to install libann0 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 libann0 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libann0 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libann0

Install libann0 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libann0 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libann0

Install libann0 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 libann0 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libann0

How To Uninstall libann0 on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the libann0 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libann0

Uninstall libann0 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libann0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libann0

Remove libann0 Configurations and Data

To remove libann0 configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libann0

Remove libann0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libann0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libann0

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libann0 package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.