How To Install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns on Ubuntu 18.04. python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns is Python 2 bindings for Qt5s XmlPatterns module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns is:

QtXmlPatterns is a XQuery and XPath engine for XML and custom data models. This package provides a PyQt binding for QtXmlPatterns.

This package contains the Python 2 version of this module.

There are three methods to install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns 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-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns 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-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

Install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

Install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns 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-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

How To Uninstall python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

Uninstall python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

Remove python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns Configurations and Data

To remove python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

Remove python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyqt5.qtxmlpatterns package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.