How To Install python-citeproc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-citeproc on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-citeproc
python-citeproc is:
Citeproc-py is a library that produces formatted bibliographies and citations from bibliographic databases following formatting instructions provided by XML style files written in the Citation Style Language (CSL).
Currently, BibTeX and JSON are supported as input database formats, and plain text, reStructuredText and HTML as output format.
This package contains the Python modules.
There are three methods to install python-citeproc 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-citeproc 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-citeproc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-citeproc
Install python-citeproc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-citeproc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-citeproc
Install python-citeproc 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-citeproc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-citeproc
How To Uninstall python-citeproc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-citeproc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-citeproc
Uninstall python-citeproc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-citeproc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-citeproc
Remove python-citeproc Configurations and Data
To remove python-citeproc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-citeproc
Remove python-citeproc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-citeproc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-citeproc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-citeproc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
