How To Install python3-fasttext 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 python3-fasttext on Ubuntu.
What is python3-fasttext
python3-fasttext is:
fastText is a library for efficient learning of word representations and sentence classification, which refers subword information to enrich word vectors.
python3-fasttext is its binding for Python3.
There are three methods to install python3-fasttext 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 python3-fasttext Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-fasttext using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-fasttext
Install python3-fasttext Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-fasttext using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-fasttext
Install python3-fasttext 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 python3-fasttext using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-fasttext
How To Uninstall python3-fasttext on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-fasttext package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-fasttext
Uninstall python3-fasttext And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-fasttext and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-fasttext
Remove python3-fasttext Configurations and Data
To remove python3-fasttext configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-fasttext
Remove python3-fasttext configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-fasttext configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-fasttext
Dependencies
python3-fasttext have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-fasttext package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.