How To Install python-imdbpy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-imdbpy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-imdbpy
python-imdbpy is:
IMDbPY is a Python package useful to retrieve and manage the data of the IMDb movie database about both movies and people. It can be very easily used by programmers and developers to provide access to the IMDb’s data to their programs.
There are three methods to install python-imdbpy 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-imdbpy 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-imdbpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-imdbpy
Install python-imdbpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-imdbpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-imdbpy
Install python-imdbpy 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-imdbpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-imdbpy
How To Uninstall python-imdbpy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-imdbpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-imdbpy
Uninstall python-imdbpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-imdbpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-imdbpy
Remove python-imdbpy Configurations and Data
To remove python-imdbpy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-imdbpy
Remove python-imdbpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-imdbpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-imdbpy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-imdbpy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
