How To Install python-gdata on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdata on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-gdata
python-gdata is:
The GData (Google data) APIs provide a simple protocol for reading and writing data on the web.
Each of the following Google services provides a Google data API:
- Base
- Blogger
- Calendar
- Code Search
- Contacts
- Document List
- Google Apps Provisioning
- Notebook
- Picasa Web Albums
- Spreadsheets
- YouTube
The Google data Python client library provides a library and source code that make it easy to access data through Google data APIs.
There are three methods to install python-gdata 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-gdata 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-gdata using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-gdata
Install python-gdata Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-gdata using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-gdata
Install python-gdata 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-gdata using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-gdata
How To Uninstall python-gdata on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-gdata package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-gdata
Uninstall python-gdata And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-gdata and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-gdata
Remove python-gdata Configurations and Data
To remove python-gdata configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-gdata
Remove python-gdata configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-gdata configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-gdata
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-gdata package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
