How To Install python-babel-localedata on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-babel-localedata on Ubuntu 18.04. python-babel-localedata is tools for internationalizing Python applications - locale data files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-babel-localedata on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-babel-localedata

python-babel-localedata is:

Babel is composed of two major parts. First tools to build and work with gettext message catalogs. Second a Python interface to the CLDR (Common Locale Data Repository), providing access to various locale display names, localized number and date formatting, etc.

This package contains the locale data files used by both python-babel and python3-babel.

There are three methods to install python-babel-localedata 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-babel-localedata 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-babel-localedata using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-babel-localedata

Install python-babel-localedata Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-babel-localedata using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-babel-localedata

Install python-babel-localedata 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-babel-localedata using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-babel-localedata

How To Uninstall python-babel-localedata on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-babel-localedata package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-babel-localedata

Uninstall python-babel-localedata And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-babel-localedata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-babel-localedata

Remove python-babel-localedata Configurations and Data

To remove python-babel-localedata configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-babel-localedata

Remove python-babel-localedata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-babel-localedata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-babel-localedata

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-babel-localedata package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.