Install from .deb binary packages

This installation procedure is the fastest and easiest. If you do not plan to modify the code, this is the option you should take.

Binary packages are available only for stable FreeLing versions. If you want to install an alpha or beta version, please see sections 2.2.2 and 2.2.3.

The provided packages will only work on debian-based distributions. They have been tested in Ubuntu (10.04LTS Lucid, 11.04 Natty, 12.04 Precise, 12.10 Quantal) and Debian (6.0.2 Squeeze, 7.0 Wheezy).

Most debian-bawsed systems will launch the apropriate installer if you just double click on the package file. The installer should solve the dependencies and install all required packages.

If that doesn't work, you can install it by hand (in Ubuntu or Debian) with the following procedure (will probably work for other debian-based distros):

  1. Install required system libraries.

    The following commands should install *both* header packages and binary libraries. If they don't, use your package manager as described in section Section 2.1 to install all required packages.

     sudo apt-get install libboost-regex-dev libicu-dev zlib1g-dev
     sudo apt-get install libboost-system-dev libboost-program-options-dev
    

  2. Install freeling package:
     sudo dpkg -i freeling-3.0.deb
    

In a Debian system, the above commands must be issued as root and without sudo.

Lluís Padró 2013-09-09