How To Install python-argcomplete on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-argcomplete on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-argcomplete
python-argcomplete is:
Argcomplete provides easy, extensible command line tab completion of arguments for your Python script.
It makes two assumptions:
- You’re using bash as your shell
- You’re using argparse to manage your command line arguments/options
Argcomplete is particularly useful if your program has lots of options or subparsers, and if your program can dynamically suggest completions for your argument/option values (for example, if the user is browsing resources over the network).
This package provides the module for Python 2.x.
There are three methods to install python-argcomplete on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-argcomplete Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-argcomplete using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-argcomplete
Install python-argcomplete Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-argcomplete using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-argcomplete
Install python-argcomplete 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 python-argcomplete using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-argcomplete
How To Uninstall python-argcomplete on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-argcomplete package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-argcomplete
Uninstall python-argcomplete And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-argcomplete and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-argcomplete
Remove python-argcomplete Configurations and Data
To remove python-argcomplete configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-argcomplete
Remove python-argcomplete configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-argcomplete configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-argcomplete
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-argcomplete package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
