How To Install python-enzyme on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-enzyme on Ubuntu 18.04. python-enzyme is video metadata parser (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-enzyme on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-enzyme

python-enzyme is:

Python module to parse metadata in video files.

enzyme extracts metadata such as the type and encoding of video streams, type, encoding and language of audio streams, chapters, tags and subtitle tracks from video files.

This package contains the Python 2 module.

There are three methods to install python-enzyme 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-enzyme 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-enzyme using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-enzyme

Install python-enzyme Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-enzyme using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-enzyme

Install python-enzyme 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-enzyme using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-enzyme

How To Uninstall python-enzyme on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-enzyme package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-enzyme

Uninstall python-enzyme And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-enzyme and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-enzyme

Remove python-enzyme Configurations and Data

To remove python-enzyme configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-enzyme

Remove python-enzyme configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-enzyme configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-enzyme

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-enzyme package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.