How To Install libngram-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 libngram-dev on Ubuntu.
What is libngram-dev
libngram-dev is:
The OpenGrm NGram library is used for making and modifying n-gram language models encoded as weighted finite-state transducers (FSTs). The library includes operations for counting, smoothing, pruning, applying, and evaluating n-gram language models.
This package provides development headers for OpenGRM n-gram.
There are three methods to install libngram-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 libngram-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 libngram-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libngram-dev
Install libngram-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libngram-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libngram-dev
Install libngram-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 libngram-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libngram-dev
How To Uninstall libngram-dev on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libngram-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libngram-dev
Uninstall libngram-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libngram-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libngram-dev
Remove libngram-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libngram-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libngram-dev
Remove libngram-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libngram-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libngram-dev
Dependencies
libngram-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libngram-dev package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.