How To Install python-requirements-detector on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-requirements-detector on Ubuntu 18.04. python-requirements-detector is finds and lists the requirements of a Python project (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-requirements-detector on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-requirements-detector

python-requirements-detector is:

Requirements-detector could be run either as a module or with its CLI tool (detect-requirements). It scans for and lists the project’s requirements out of several sources for them.

This package contains the modules for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-requirements-detector 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-requirements-detector 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-requirements-detector using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-requirements-detector

Install python-requirements-detector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-requirements-detector using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-requirements-detector

Install python-requirements-detector 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-requirements-detector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-requirements-detector

How To Uninstall python-requirements-detector on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-requirements-detector package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-requirements-detector

Uninstall python-requirements-detector And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-requirements-detector

Remove python-requirements-detector Configurations and Data

To remove python-requirements-detector configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-requirements-detector

Remove python-requirements-detector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-requirements-detector

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Summary

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