How To Install python-coloredlogs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-coloredlogs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-coloredlogs
python-coloredlogs is:
The coloredlogs package enables colored terminal output for Python’s logging module. The ColoredFormatter class inherits from logging.Formatter and uses ANSI escape sequences to render your logging messages in color. It uses only standard colors so it should work on any UNIX terminal.
This package provides the modules for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-coloredlogs 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-coloredlogs 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-coloredlogs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-coloredlogs
Install python-coloredlogs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-coloredlogs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-coloredlogs
Install python-coloredlogs 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-coloredlogs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-coloredlogs
How To Uninstall python-coloredlogs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-coloredlogs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-coloredlogs
Uninstall python-coloredlogs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-coloredlogs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-coloredlogs
Remove python-coloredlogs Configurations and Data
To remove python-coloredlogs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-coloredlogs
Remove python-coloredlogs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-coloredlogs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-coloredlogs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-coloredlogs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
