How To Install python-astral on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astral on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-astral
python-astral is:
This is astral, a Python module which calculates times for various positions of the sun: dawn, sunrise, solar moon, sunset, dusk, solar elevation, solar azimuth and rahukaalam. It also calculates phases of the moon.
This package contains the module for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-astral 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-astral 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-astral using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-astral
Install python-astral Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-astral using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-astral
Install python-astral 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-astral using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-astral
How To Uninstall python-astral on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-astral package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-astral
Uninstall python-astral And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-astral and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-astral
Remove python-astral Configurations and Data
To remove python-astral configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-astral
Remove python-astral configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-astral configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-astral
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astral package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
