How To Install python-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-facebook
python-facebook is:
PyFacebook is a thin wrapper for accessing Facebook’s API through Python.
There are three methods to install python-facebook 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-facebook 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-facebook using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-facebook
Install python-facebook Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-facebook using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-facebook
Install python-facebook 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-facebook using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-facebook
How To Uninstall python-facebook on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-facebook package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-facebook
Uninstall python-facebook And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-facebook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-facebook
Remove python-facebook Configurations and Data
To remove python-facebook configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-facebook
Remove python-facebook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-facebook configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-facebook
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-facebook package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.