How To Install python-musicbrainzngs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-musicbrainzngs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-musicbrainzngs
python-musicbrainzngs is:
This package provides a Python interface to the Musicbrainz NGS API.
Musicbrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public.
There are three methods to install python-musicbrainzngs 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-musicbrainzngs 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-musicbrainzngs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-musicbrainzngs
Install python-musicbrainzngs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-musicbrainzngs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-musicbrainzngs
Install python-musicbrainzngs 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-musicbrainzngs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-musicbrainzngs
How To Uninstall python-musicbrainzngs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-musicbrainzngs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-musicbrainzngs
Uninstall python-musicbrainzngs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-musicbrainzngs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-musicbrainzngs
Remove python-musicbrainzngs Configurations and Data
To remove python-musicbrainzngs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-musicbrainzngs
Remove python-musicbrainzngs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-musicbrainzngs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-musicbrainzngs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-musicbrainzngs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
