How To Install python-envparse on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-envparse on Ubuntu 18.04. python-envparse is environment variable parsing (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-envparse

python-envparse is:

This package contains a simple utility to parse environment variables. os.environ is a great choice to start off with but over time you’ll find yourself duplicating quite a bit of code around handling raw environment variables. envparse aims to eliminate this duplicated, often inconsistent parsing code and instead provide a single, easy-to-use wrapper.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-envparse

Install python-envparse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-envparse

Install python-envparse 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-envparse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-envparse

How To Uninstall python-envparse on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-envparse

Uninstall python-envparse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-envparse

Remove python-envparse Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-envparse

Remove python-envparse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-envparse

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Summary

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