1 Quick Start
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The machine learning hub (MLHub) is both a command line tool and a repository of pre-built models for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and data science (DS). It runs native on Ubuntu, but will also run on GNU/Linux in general, and on MacOS and Windows with a few extra commands.
We can get started with using MLHub quickly without having to investigate the book which aims to further explain the how, the why, and the where. Details of the command line are presented in Chapter 2.
The MLHub command line tool supports any number of commands that are exposed through individual model packages installed from the repository. Some basic commands are provided by the MLHub command line itself.
To get started, the simplest approach is to use Ubuntu 22.04 as explained in Section 2.1, perhaps in a virtual machine on your own desktop computer or else in the cloud. That could take a little time to set up, possibly up to 30 minutes. MLHub can run on Windows and MacOS but it is not so smooth on installation and takes a few more commands to install dependencies.
Install MLHub by copying and pasting the following command line to a terminal running on your desktop:
Then configure the MLHub ecosystem:
Now find a MLHub package to explore:
We will use the k-means package as described in Chapter 7. The following sequence of commands illustrate the typical setup workflow for any MLHub package:
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