How To Install liblbfgspp-dev 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 liblbfgspp-dev on Ubuntu.
What is liblbfgspp-dev
liblbfgspp-dev is:
LBFGS++ is a header-only C++ library that implements the Limited-memory BFGS algorithm (L-BFGS) for unconstrained minimization problems, and a modified version of the L-BFGS-B algorithm for box-constrained ones.
There are three methods to install liblbfgspp-dev 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 liblbfgspp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install liblbfgspp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install liblbfgspp-dev
Install liblbfgspp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install liblbfgspp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install liblbfgspp-dev
Install liblbfgspp-dev 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 liblbfgspp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install liblbfgspp-dev
How To Uninstall liblbfgspp-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the liblbfgspp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove liblbfgspp-dev
Uninstall liblbfgspp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall liblbfgspp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove liblbfgspp-dev
Remove liblbfgspp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove liblbfgspp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge liblbfgspp-dev
Remove liblbfgspp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove liblbfgspp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge liblbfgspp-dev
Dependencies
liblbfgspp-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install liblbfgspp-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.