How To Install python-urwid on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-urwid on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-urwid
python-urwid is:
Urwid is a console user interface library that includes many features useful for text console application developers including:
- Fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing/fbset on Linux console)
- Web application display mode using Apache and CGI
- Support for UTF-8, simple 8-bit and CJK encodings
- Multiple text alignment and wrapping modes built-in
- Ability to create user-defined text layout classes
- Simple markup for setting text attributes
- Powerful list box that handles scrolling between different widget types
- List box contents may be managed with a user-defined class
- Flexible edit box for editing many different types of text
- Buttons, check boxes and radio boxes
- Customizable layout for all widgets
- Easy interface for creating HTML screen shots
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-urwid 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-urwid 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-urwid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-urwid
Install python-urwid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-urwid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-urwid
Install python-urwid 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-urwid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-urwid
How To Uninstall python-urwid on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-urwid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-urwid
Uninstall python-urwid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-urwid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-urwid
Remove python-urwid Configurations and Data
To remove python-urwid configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-urwid
Remove python-urwid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-urwid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-urwid
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-urwid package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
