How To Install python-astropy-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-astropy-helpers
python-astropy-helpers is:
This project provides a Python package, astropy_helpers, which includes many build, installation, and documentation-related tools used by the Astropy project, but packaged separately for use by other projects that wish to leverage this work. The motivation behind this package and details of its implementation are in the accepted Astropy Proposal for Enhancement (APE) 4.
This is the Python 2 legacy version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-astropy-helpers 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-astropy-helpers 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-astropy-helpers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-astropy-helpers
Install python-astropy-helpers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-astropy-helpers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-astropy-helpers
Install python-astropy-helpers 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-astropy-helpers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-astropy-helpers
How To Uninstall python-astropy-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-astropy-helpers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-astropy-helpers
Uninstall python-astropy-helpers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-astropy-helpers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-astropy-helpers
Remove python-astropy-helpers Configurations and Data
To remove python-astropy-helpers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-astropy-helpers
Remove python-astropy-helpers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-astropy-helpers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-astropy-helpers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-astropy-helpers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
