How To Install pycarddav on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pycarddav on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is pycarddav
pycarddav is:
pyCardDAV consists of pycardsyncer, a program for syncing your CardDAV resource into a local database and of pc_query, a program for querying the local database.
It has built in support for mutt’s query_command but also works very well solo.
There are three methods to install pycarddav 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 pycarddav Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pycarddav using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pycarddav
Install pycarddav Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pycarddav using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pycarddav
Install pycarddav 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 pycarddav using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pycarddav
How To Uninstall pycarddav on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the pycarddav package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pycarddav
Uninstall pycarddav And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pycarddav and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pycarddav
Remove pycarddav Configurations and Data
To remove pycarddav configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pycarddav
Remove pycarddav configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pycarddav configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pycarddav
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pycarddav package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
