How To Install python-distro on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-distro on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-distro
python-distro is:
distro (for: Linux Distribution) provides information about the Linux distribution it runs on, such as a reliable machine-readable ID, or version information.
It is a renewed alternative implementation for Python’s original platform.linux_distribution function, but it also provides much more functionality which isn’t necessarily Python bound like a command-line interface.
This is the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-distro 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-distro
Install python-distro Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-distro using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-distro
Install python-distro 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-distro
How To Uninstall python-distro on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-distro package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-distro
Uninstall python-distro And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-distro 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
Remove python-distro Configurations and Data
To remove python-distro configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-distro
Remove python-distro configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-distro configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-distro
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-distro package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.