How To Install python-distro-info on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-distro-info on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-distro-info
python-distro-info is:
Information about all releases of Debian and Ubuntu.
This package contains a Python module for parsing the data in distro-info-data. There is also a command line interface in the distro-info package.
There are three methods to install python-distro-info 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-distro-info 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-distro-info using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-distro-info
Install python-distro-info Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-distro-info using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-distro-info
Install python-distro-info 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-distro-info using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-distro-info
How To Uninstall python-distro-info on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-distro-info package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-distro-info
Uninstall python-distro-info And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-distro-info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-distro-info
Remove python-distro-info Configurations and Data
To remove python-distro-info configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-distro-info
Remove python-distro-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-distro-info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-distro-info
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-distro-info package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
