How To Install python-toml on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-toml on Ubuntu 18.04. python-toml is library for Toms Obvious, Minimal Language - Python 2.7

Introduction

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

What is python-toml

python-toml is:

This package provides a Python module which parses and emits TOML. TOML aims to be a minimal configuration file format that’s easy to read due to obvious semantics. TOML is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table. TOML should be easy to parse into data structures in a wide variety of languages.

This package contains the Python 2.7 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-toml

Install python-toml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-toml

Install python-toml 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-toml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-toml

How To Uninstall python-toml on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-toml

Uninstall python-toml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-toml

Remove python-toml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-toml

Remove python-toml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-toml

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Summary

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