How To Install python-glue on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-glue on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-glue
python-glue is:
python-glue is a Python library for data interaction, it blurs the boundary between GUI-centric and code-centric data exploration. There are many ways to leverage Glue from Python. Among other things, you can write code to do the following:
- Send data in the form of NumPy arrays or Pandas DataFrames to Glue for exploration.
- Write startup scripts that automatically load and clean data, before starting Glue.
- Write custom functions to parse files, and plug these functions into the Glue GUI.
- Write custom functions to link datasets, and plug these into the Glue GUI.
- Create your own visualization modules.
There are three methods to install python-glue 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-glue 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-glue using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-glue
Install python-glue Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-glue using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-glue
Install python-glue 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-glue using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-glue
How To Uninstall python-glue on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-glue package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-glue
Uninstall python-glue And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-glue and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-glue
Remove python-glue Configurations and Data
To remove python-glue configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-glue
Remove python-glue configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-glue configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-glue
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-glue package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
