How To Install python-tablib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tablib
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-tablib
python-tablib is:
Tablib is a format agnostic tabular dataset library, written in Python. It allows you to import, export, and manipulate tabular data sets. Advanced features include, segregation, dynamic columns, tags & filtering, and seamless format import & export.
There are three methods to install python-tablib
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-tablib 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-tablib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tablib
Install python-tablib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tablib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tablib
Install python-tablib 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-tablib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tablib
How To Uninstall python-tablib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-tablib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tablib
Uninstall python-tablib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tablib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tablib
Remove python-tablib Configurations and Data
To remove python-tablib
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tablib
Remove python-tablib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tablib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tablib
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tablib
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.