How To Install python-googleapi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-googleapi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-googleapi
python-googleapi is:
This package contains the Google APIs Client Library for Python, which is the core Python library for accessing. Samples are available in the python-googleapi-samples package.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-googleapi 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-googleapi 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-googleapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-googleapi
Install python-googleapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-googleapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-googleapi
Install python-googleapi 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-googleapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-googleapi
How To Uninstall python-googleapi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-googleapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-googleapi
Uninstall python-googleapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-googleapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-googleapi
Remove python-googleapi Configurations and Data
To remove python-googleapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-googleapi
Remove python-googleapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-googleapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-googleapi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-googleapi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
