How To Install python-scrapy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scrapy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-scrapy
python-scrapy is:
Scrapy is a fast high-level screen scraping and web crawling framework, used to crawl websites and extract structured data from their pages. It can be used for a wide range of purposes, from data mining to monitoring and automated testing.
This package provides the scrapy module for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-scrapy 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-scrapy 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-scrapy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-scrapy
Install python-scrapy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-scrapy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-scrapy
Install python-scrapy 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-scrapy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-scrapy
How To Uninstall python-scrapy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-scrapy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-scrapy
Uninstall python-scrapy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-scrapy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-scrapy
Remove python-scrapy Configurations and Data
To remove python-scrapy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-scrapy
Remove python-scrapy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-scrapy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-scrapy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-scrapy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
