How To Install python-optcomplete on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-optcomplete on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-optcomplete
python-optcomplete is:
provides almost automatically shell completion for any Python program that uses the optparse module.
There are three methods to install python-optcomplete 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-optcomplete 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-optcomplete using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-optcomplete
Install python-optcomplete Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-optcomplete using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-optcomplete
Install python-optcomplete 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-optcomplete using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-optcomplete
How To Uninstall python-optcomplete on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-optcomplete package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-optcomplete
Uninstall python-optcomplete And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-optcomplete and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-optcomplete
Remove python-optcomplete Configurations and Data
To remove python-optcomplete configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-optcomplete
Remove python-optcomplete configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-optcomplete configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-optcomplete
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-optcomplete package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
