How To Install python-genshi on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-genshi on Ubuntu 18.04. python-genshi is Python XML-based template engine - Python 2.x

Introduction

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

What is python-genshi

python-genshi is:

Genshi is a Python library that provides an integrated set of components for parsing, generating, and processing HTML or XML content in a uniform manner. The major feature is a template language, which is heavily inspired by Kid.

This is the Python 2 version.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-genshi

Install python-genshi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-genshi

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-genshi

How To Uninstall python-genshi on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-genshi

Uninstall python-genshi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-genshi

Remove python-genshi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-genshi

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

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

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

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Summary

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