How To Install spyder-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spyder-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is spyder-doc
spyder-doc is:
Originally written to design Spyder (the Scientific PYthon Development EnviRonment), the spyderlib Python library provides ready-to-use pure-Python widgets: source code editor with syntax highlighting and code introspection/analysis features, NumPy array editor, dictionary editor, Python console, etc. It’s based on the Qt Python binding module PyQt4 (and is compatible with PySide since v2.2).
This package provides the documentation.
There are three methods to install spyder-doc 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 spyder-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spyder-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spyder-doc
Install spyder-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spyder-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spyder-doc
Install spyder-doc 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 spyder-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spyder-doc
How To Uninstall spyder-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the spyder-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spyder-doc
Uninstall spyder-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spyder-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spyder-doc
Remove spyder-doc Configurations and Data
To remove spyder-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spyder-doc
Remove spyder-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spyder-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spyder-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spyder-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
