How To Install python3-publicsuffix on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-publicsuffix on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-publicsuffix is Python3 module to get a domain suffix using the Public Suffix List

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-publicsuffix on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-publicsuffix

python3-publicsuffix is:

This Python3 module allows you to get the public suffix of a domain name using the Public Suffix List from http://publicsuffix.org.

A public suffix is one under which Internet users can directly register names. Some examples of public suffixes are .com, .co.uk and pvt.k12.wy.us. Accurately knowing the public suffix of a domain is useful when handling web browser cookies, highlighting the most important part of a domain name in a user interface or sorting URLs by web site.

There are three methods to install python3-publicsuffix 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 python3-publicsuffix 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-publicsuffix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-publicsuffix

Install python3-publicsuffix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-publicsuffix

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-publicsuffix

How To Uninstall python3-publicsuffix on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-publicsuffix

Uninstall python3-publicsuffix And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-publicsuffix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-publicsuffix

Remove python3-publicsuffix Configurations and Data

To remove python3-publicsuffix configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-publicsuffix

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-publicsuffix package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.