How To Install python-click-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-click-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04. python-click-plugins is Click extension to register external CLI commands (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-click-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-click-plugins

python-click-plugins is:

Click plugins allows developers of Click commandline applications to add a plugin mechanism to their tools. This allows the creation of subcommands registered by those plugins.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

There are three methods to install python-click-plugins 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-click-plugins 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-click-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-click-plugins

Install python-click-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-click-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-click-plugins

Install python-click-plugins 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-click-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-click-plugins

How To Uninstall python-click-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-click-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-click-plugins

Uninstall python-click-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-click-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-click-plugins

Remove python-click-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove python-click-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-click-plugins

Remove python-click-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-click-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-click-plugins

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-click-plugins package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.