How To Install python-modestmaps on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-modestmaps on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-modestmaps
python-modestmaps is:
Modest Maps is a display and interaction library for tile-based maps in Flash (Actionscript 2.0 and Actionscript 3.0), Javascript and Python.
Its intent is to provide a minimal, extensible, customizable, and free display library for designers and developers who want to use interactive maps in their own projects. Modest Maps provides a core set of features in a tight, clean package, with hooks for additional functionality.
This package contains the Python module.
There are three methods to install python-modestmaps 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-modestmaps 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-modestmaps using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-modestmaps
Install python-modestmaps Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-modestmaps using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-modestmaps
Install python-modestmaps 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-modestmaps using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-modestmaps
How To Uninstall python-modestmaps on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-modestmaps package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-modestmaps
Uninstall python-modestmaps And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-modestmaps and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-modestmaps
Remove python-modestmaps Configurations and Data
To remove python-modestmaps configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-modestmaps
Remove python-modestmaps configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-modestmaps configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-modestmaps
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-modestmaps package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
