How To Install python-arrow on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-arrow on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-arrow
python-arrow is:
A Python library that offers a sensible, human-friendly approach to creating, manipulating, formatting and converting dates, times, and timestamps. It implements and updates the datetime type, plugging gaps in functionality, and provides a module API that supports many common creation scenarios. Arrow replaces a number of modules: datetime, time, calendar, dateutil, pytz.
There are three methods to install python-arrow 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-arrow 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-arrow using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-arrow
Install python-arrow Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-arrow using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-arrow
Install python-arrow 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-arrow using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-arrow
How To Uninstall python-arrow on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-arrow package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-arrow
Uninstall python-arrow And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-arrow and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-arrow
Remove python-arrow Configurations and Data
To remove python-arrow configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-arrow
Remove python-arrow configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-arrow configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-arrow
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-arrow package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
