How To Install python-extractor on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-extractor on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-extractor
python-extractor is:
GNU libextractor provides developers of file-sharing networks, file managers, and WWW-indexing bots with a universal library to obtain meta-data about files.
This package contains the Python bindings.
There are three methods to install python-extractor 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-extractor 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-extractor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-extractor
Install python-extractor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-extractor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-extractor
Install python-extractor 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-extractor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-extractor
How To Uninstall python-extractor on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-extractor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-extractor
Uninstall python-extractor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-extractor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-extractor
Remove python-extractor Configurations and Data
To remove python-extractor configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-extractor
Remove python-extractor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-extractor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-extractor
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-extractor package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
