How To Install dimbl on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dimbl on Ubuntu.
What is dimbl
dimbl is:
Dimbl is a wrapper around the k-nearest neighbor classifier in TiMBL, offering parallel classification on multi-CPU machines. Dimbl splits the original training set, builds separate TiMBL classifiers per training subset, and merges their nearest-neighbor sets per classified instance
Dimbl’s features are:
- Wraps neatly around TiMBL, retaining all command line options;
- Knows what to do with your multiple, duo, or quad cores;
- Makes use of the OpenMP specification for parallel programming;
- Can attain superlinear speed gains compared to standard TiMBL.
Dimbl is a product of the ILK Research Group (Tilburg University, The Netherlands).
If you do scientific research in Natural Language Processing using the Memory-Based Learning technique, Dimbl will likely be of use to you.
There are three methods to install dimbl on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dimbl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dimbl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dimbl
Install dimbl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dimbl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dimbl
Install dimbl 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 dimbl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dimbl
How To Uninstall dimbl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the dimbl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dimbl
Uninstall dimbl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dimbl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dimbl
Remove dimbl Configurations and Data
To remove dimbl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dimbl
Remove dimbl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dimbl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dimbl
Dependencies
dimbl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dimbl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.