How To Install python3-readlike on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-readlike on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-readlike
python3-readlike is:
A Python module that provides
GNU Readline-like line editing functions (the default Emacs-style ones). If you just want to use Readline, use the readline package in the standard library–but this package allows access to those capabilties in settings outside of a standard CLI.
Currently, all stateless Readline commands are implemented. This means that yanking and history are not supported.
This module is especially well-suited to interfacing with Urwid_ due to a shared syntax for describing key inputs.
There are three methods to install python3-readlike 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-readlike 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-readlike using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-readlike
Install python3-readlike Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-readlike using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-readlike
Install python3-readlike 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-readlike using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-readlike
How To Uninstall python3-readlike on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-readlike package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-readlike
Uninstall python3-readlike And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-readlike and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-readlike
Remove python3-readlike Configurations and Data
To remove python3-readlike configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-readlike
Remove python3-readlike configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-readlike configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-readlike
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-readlike package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
