How To Install python3-langdetect on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-langdetect on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-langdetect is Python library for language-detection

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-langdetect on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python3-langdetect

python3-langdetect is:

Python port of langdetect, a language-detection library.

This library provides tools for

  • generating language profiles from Wikipedia abstract xml
  • detect the language of a text using naive Bayesian filter (99% over precision for 53 languages).

There are three methods to install python3-langdetect on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-langdetect 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-langdetect using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-langdetect

Install python3-langdetect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-langdetect

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-langdetect

How To Uninstall python3-langdetect on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-langdetect

Uninstall python3-langdetect And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-langdetect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-langdetect

Remove python3-langdetect Configurations and Data

To remove python3-langdetect configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-langdetect

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-langdetect package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.