How To Install python-jellyfish on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-jellyfish on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-jellyfish
python-jellyfish is:
Jellyfish is a Python library for doing approximate and phonetic matching of strings. Includes algorithms for string comparison (Levenshtein Distance, Damerau-Levenshtein Distance, Jaro Distance, Jaro-Winkler Distance, Match Rating Approach Comparison, Hamming Distance) and phonetic encoding (American Soundex, Metaphone, NYSIIS, Match Rating Codex).
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-jellyfish 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-jellyfish 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-jellyfish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-jellyfish
Install python-jellyfish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-jellyfish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-jellyfish
Install python-jellyfish 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-jellyfish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-jellyfish
How To Uninstall python-jellyfish on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-jellyfish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-jellyfish
Uninstall python-jellyfish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-jellyfish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-jellyfish
Remove python-jellyfish Configurations and Data
To remove python-jellyfish configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-jellyfish
Remove python-jellyfish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-jellyfish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-jellyfish
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-jellyfish package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
