How To Install python-dsv on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dsv on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-dsv
python-dsv is:
Python-DSV is an alternative to Python’s standard csv module, with somewhat different usage and optional support for wxWidgets-mediated user interaction in the course of format autodetection. Like the standard module, it supports a wide range of delimiters and handles both import and export.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-dsv 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-dsv 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-dsv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-dsv
Install python-dsv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-dsv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-dsv
Install python-dsv 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-dsv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-dsv
How To Uninstall python-dsv on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-dsv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-dsv
Uninstall python-dsv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-dsv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-dsv
Remove python-dsv Configurations and Data
To remove python-dsv configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-dsv
Remove python-dsv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-dsv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-dsv
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-dsv package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
