How to Install and Uninstall python3-faiss Package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "python3-faiss" package

This tutorial shows how to install python3-faiss on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "python3-faiss" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall python3-faiss on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the python3-faiss package on Ubuntu 22.10 (Kinetic Kudu)

Package: python3-faiss
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.7.2-7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/science
Source: faiss
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Deep Learning Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6095
Depends: python3 (<< 3.11), python3 (>= 3.10~), python3-numpy (>= 1:1.20.0), python3-numpy-abi9, python3:any, libblas3 | libblas.so.3, libc6 (>= 2.34), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.4), libgomp1 (>= 6), liblapack3 | liblapack.so.3, libstdc++6 (>= 12)
Filename: pool/universe/f/faiss/python3-faiss_1.7.2-7_amd64.deb
Size: 1415034
MD5sum: 7a32ce50ae72ccfcb5ff91f26a21327b
SHA1: 39e5c1db88429ffe961f6ad669947d71faaafe37
SHA256: 12fe1e838db3885b3fd61355cf82e39aaada5f8ad16e8a19d8d3e80576ff78ba
SHA512: 5645f746ec1059423b1de8b5f431fedb0a7e5af8a9f8ce055a7b173cb1bfbbd4c12344688499f66b619379beab0982fefc013269bc533a6ca61aea32c64e5d61
Homepage: https://github.com/facebookresearch/faiss
Description: Python 3 module for efficient similarity search and clustering of dense vectors
Description-md5: 062b5a05cf9cbc3e8d534f65c5369b11