How To Install python-binaryornot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-binaryornot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-binaryornot
python-binaryornot is:
This Python package provides a function to check if a file is a text file or a binary file. It uses the same heuristic as file(1) by looking at the first 1024 bytes of the file and checks that all characters are printable.
This package contains the Python 2 module.
There are three methods to install python-binaryornot 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-binaryornot 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-binaryornot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-binaryornot
Install python-binaryornot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-binaryornot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-binaryornot
Install python-binaryornot 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-binaryornot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-binaryornot
How To Uninstall python-binaryornot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-binaryornot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-binaryornot
Uninstall python-binaryornot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-binaryornot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-binaryornot
Remove python-binaryornot Configurations and Data
To remove python-binaryornot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-binaryornot
Remove python-binaryornot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-binaryornot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-binaryornot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-binaryornot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
