How To Install python-ijson on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ijson on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ijson
python-ijson is:
Ijson is an iterative, event-driven JSON parser with a standard Python iterator interface. The principle is similar to Java SAX parser: the user can parse a document on-line, without storing the whole object in memory.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-ijson 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-ijson 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-ijson using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ijson
Install python-ijson Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ijson using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ijson
Install python-ijson 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-ijson using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ijson
How To Uninstall python-ijson on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ijson package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ijson
Uninstall python-ijson And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ijson and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ijson
Remove python-ijson Configurations and Data
To remove python-ijson configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ijson
Remove python-ijson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ijson configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ijson
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ijson package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
