How To Install python3-seaborn on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-seaborn on Ubuntu 20.04. python3-seaborn is statistical visualization library for Python3

Introduction

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

What is python3-seaborn

python3-seaborn is:

Seaborn is a library for making attractive and informative statistical graphics in Python. It is built on top of matplotlib and tightly integrated with the PyData stack, including support for numpy and pandas data structures and statistical routines from scipy and statsmodels.

Some of the features that seaborn offers are

  • Several built-in themes that improve on the default matplotlib aesthetics
  • Tools for choosing color palettes to make beautiful plots that reveal patterns in your data
  • Functions for visualizing univariate and bivariate distributions or for comparing them between subsets of data
  • Tools that fit and visualize linear regression models for different kinds of independent and dependent variables
  • A function to plot statistical timeseries data with flexible estimation and representation of uncertainty around the estimate
  • High-level abstractions for structuring grids of plots that let you easily build complex visualizations

This is the Python 3 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-seaborn

Install python3-seaborn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-seaborn

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-seaborn

How To Uninstall python3-seaborn on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-seaborn

Uninstall python3-seaborn And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-seaborn

Remove python3-seaborn Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-seaborn

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

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

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

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Summary

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