How To Install python3-ahocorasick on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ahocorasick on Ubuntu 22.04. python3-ahocorasick is Python module implementing the aho-corasick algorithm

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ahocorasick on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is python3-ahocorasick

python3-ahocorasick is:

A fast and memory efficient library for exact or approximate multi-pattern string search meaning that you can find multiple key strings occurrences at once in some input text. The library provides an ahocorasick Python module that can be used as a plain dict-like Trie or convert a Trie to an automaton for efficient Aho-Corasick search.

There are three methods to install python3-ahocorasick on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python3-ahocorasick Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-ahocorasick using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-ahocorasick

Install python3-ahocorasick Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-ahocorasick using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-ahocorasick

Install python3-ahocorasick 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 python3-ahocorasick using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-ahocorasick

How To Uninstall python3-ahocorasick on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the python3-ahocorasick package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-ahocorasick

Uninstall python3-ahocorasick And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-ahocorasick and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-ahocorasick

Remove python3-ahocorasick Configurations and Data

To remove python3-ahocorasick configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-ahocorasick

Remove python3-ahocorasick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-ahocorasick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-ahocorasick

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-ahocorasick package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.