How To Install python-whichcraft on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-whichcraft on Ubuntu 18.04. python-whichcraft is cross-platform cross-python shutil.which functionality (Python 2 module)

Introduction

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

What is python-whichcraft

python-whichcraft is:

This is a shim of the “shutil.which” function that’s designed to work across multiple versions of Python and inside of Windows. The code for Python 2.x is based on Python 3 code.

This package contains the Python 2 module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-whichcraft

Install python-whichcraft Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-whichcraft

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-whichcraft

How To Uninstall python-whichcraft on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-whichcraft

Uninstall python-whichcraft And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-whichcraft

Remove python-whichcraft Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-whichcraft

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

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

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

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Summary

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