How To Install python-isort on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-isort on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-isort
python-isort is:
isort is a Python utility / library to sort imports alphabetically, and automatically separated into sections. It provides a command line utility, Python library and plugins for various editors to quickly sort all your imports.
This package contains the isort library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-isort 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-isort 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-isort using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-isort
Install python-isort Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-isort using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-isort
Install python-isort 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-isort using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-isort
How To Uninstall python-isort on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-isort package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-isort
Uninstall python-isort And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-isort and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-isort
Remove python-isort Configurations and Data
To remove python-isort configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-isort
Remove python-isort configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-isort configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-isort
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-isort package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
