How to Install and Uninstall libvw-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "libvw-dev" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install libvw-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libvw-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libvw-dev" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall libvw-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libvw-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libvw-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libvw-dev
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libdevel
Installed-Size: 10789
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Yaroslav Halchenko
Architecture: amd64
Source: vowpal-wabbit
Version: 8.1.1-1
Depends: libvw0 (= 8.1.1-1)
Filename: pool/universe/v/vowpal-wabbit/libvw-dev_8.1.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 926696
MD5sum: 4d04d694e99cecec84b629ac43f09099
SHA1: 68a11c8014095a13be0ba7c302d39a3187a185c4
SHA256: a03373b0e913c3823d09ed378a503084aa484ac7a4500b775ef47f7d23e75801
Description-en: fast and scalable online machine learning algorithm - development files
Vowpal Wabbit is a fast online machine learning algorithm. The core
algorithm is specialist gradient descent (GD) on a loss function
(several are available). VW features:
- flexible input data specification
- speedy learning
- scalability (bounded memory footprint, suitable for distributed
computation)
- feature pairing
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This package contains development files needed to compile and link programs
which use vowpal-wabbit's libraries.
Description-md5: 1b96afbdbc681f5cc419d81963d0f644
Homepage: http://hunch.net/~vw/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu