How To Install python-guessit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-guessit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-guessit
python-guessit is:
GuessIt is a Python library that tries to extract as much information as possible from a video file. It has a very powerful filename matcher that allows one to guess a lot of metadata from a video using only its filename. This matcher works with both movies and TV show episodes.
This package contains the Python 2 module.
There are three methods to install python-guessit 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-guessit 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-guessit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-guessit
Install python-guessit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-guessit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-guessit
Install python-guessit 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-guessit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-guessit
How To Uninstall python-guessit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-guessit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-guessit
Uninstall python-guessit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-guessit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-guessit
Remove python-guessit Configurations and Data
To remove python-guessit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-guessit
Remove python-guessit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-guessit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-guessit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-guessit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
