How To Install python-willow on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-willow on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-willow
python-willow is:
Willow is a simple image library that combines the APIs of Pillow, Wand and OpenCV. It converts the image between the libraries when necessary.
Willow currently has basic resize and crop operations, face and feature detection and animated GIF support. New operations and library integrations can also be easily implemented.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-willow 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-willow 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-willow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-willow
Install python-willow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-willow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-willow
Install python-willow 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-willow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-willow
How To Uninstall python-willow on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-willow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-willow
Uninstall python-willow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-willow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-willow
Remove python-willow Configurations and Data
To remove python-willow configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-willow
Remove python-willow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-willow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-willow
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-willow package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
