How To Install python-colormap on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-colormap on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-colormap
python-colormap is:
The colormap package provides simple utilities to convert colors between RGB, HEX, HLS, HUV and a class to easily build colormaps for matplotlib. All matplotlib colormaps and some R colormaps are available altogether. The plot_colormap method (see below) is handy to quickly pick up a colormaps and the test_colormap is useful to see test a new colormap.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-colormap 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-colormap 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-colormap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-colormap
Install python-colormap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-colormap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-colormap
Install python-colormap 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-colormap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-colormap
How To Uninstall python-colormap on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-colormap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-colormap
Uninstall python-colormap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-colormap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-colormap
Remove python-colormap Configurations and Data
To remove python-colormap configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-colormap
Remove python-colormap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-colormap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-colormap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-colormap package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
