How To Install python-feedparser on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-feedparser on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-feedparser
python-feedparser is:
Python module for downloading and parsing syndicated feeds. It can handle RSS 0.90, Netscape RSS 0.91, Userland RSS 0.91, RSS 0.92, RSS 0.93, RSS 0.94, RSS 1.0, RSS 2.0, Atom, and CDF feeds.
It provides the same API to all formats, and sanitizes URIs and HTML.
There are three methods to install python-feedparser 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-feedparser 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-feedparser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-feedparser
Install python-feedparser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-feedparser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-feedparser
Install python-feedparser 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-feedparser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-feedparser
How To Uninstall python-feedparser on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-feedparser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-feedparser
Uninstall python-feedparser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-feedparser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-feedparser
Remove python-feedparser Configurations and Data
To remove python-feedparser configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-feedparser
Remove python-feedparser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-feedparser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-feedparser
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-feedparser package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
