How To Install python-intervaltree on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-intervaltree on Ubuntu 18.04. python-intervaltree is mutable, self-balancing interval tree (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-intervaltree

python-intervaltree is:

This library contains a mutable, self-balancing interval tree implementation for Python. Queries may be by point, by range overlap, or by range envelopment.

It was designed to allow tagging text and time intervals, where the intervals include the lower bound but not the upper bound.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-intervaltree

Install python-intervaltree Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-intervaltree

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-intervaltree

How To Uninstall python-intervaltree on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-intervaltree

Uninstall python-intervaltree And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-intervaltree

Remove python-intervaltree Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-intervaltree

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

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

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

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Summary

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