How To Install python-xdg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xdg on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-xdg
python-xdg is:
PyXDG contains implementations of freedesktop.org standards in Python:
- Base Directory Specification Version 0.6
- Menu Specification Version 1.0-draft1
- Desktop Entry Specification Version 1.0
- Icon Theme Specification Version 0.8
- Recent File Spec 0.2
- Shared-MIME-Database Specification 0.13
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-xdg 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-xdg 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-xdg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-xdg
Install python-xdg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-xdg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-xdg
Install python-xdg 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-xdg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-xdg
How To Uninstall python-xdg on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-xdg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-xdg
Uninstall python-xdg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-xdg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-xdg
Remove python-xdg Configurations and Data
To remove python-xdg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-xdg
Remove python-xdg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-xdg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-xdg
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-xdg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
