How To Install python-exif on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-exif on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-exif
python-exif is:
This is a Python library to extract Exif information from digital camera image files. It contains the EXIF.py script and the exifread library.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-exif 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-exif 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-exif using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-exif
Install python-exif Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-exif using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-exif
Install python-exif 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-exif using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-exif
How To Uninstall python-exif on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-exif package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-exif
Uninstall python-exif And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-exif and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-exif
Remove python-exif Configurations and Data
To remove python-exif configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-exif
Remove python-exif configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-exif configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-exif
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-exif package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
