How To Install python-appdirs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-appdirs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-appdirs
python-appdirs is:
Depending on your system (Linux, Mac OS X, or Windows), you have to use different directories for storing user data. appdirs will help you choose an appropriate:
- user data directory (user_data_dir function)
- user config directory (user_config_dir function)
- user cache directory (user_cache_dir function)
- site data directory (site_data_dir function)
- site config directory (site_config_dir function)
- user log directory (user_log_dir function)
On Linux systems, these function return directories based on the XDG Base Directory Specification.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-appdirs 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 python-appdirs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-appdirs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-appdirs
Install python-appdirs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-appdirs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-appdirs
Install python-appdirs 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 python-appdirs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-appdirs
How To Uninstall python-appdirs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-appdirs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-appdirs
Uninstall python-appdirs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-appdirs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-appdirs
Remove python-appdirs Configurations and Data
To remove python-appdirs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-appdirs
Remove python-appdirs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-appdirs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-appdirs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-appdirs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
