How To Install python-jupyter-console on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-jupyter-console on Ubuntu 18.04. python-jupyter-console is Jupyter terminal client (Python 2)

Introduction

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

What is python-jupyter-console

python-jupyter-console is:

Terminal-based console frontend for Jupyter kernels, like ipython but with support for non-python kernels.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-jupyter-console

Install python-jupyter-console Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-jupyter-console

Install python-jupyter-console 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-jupyter-console using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-jupyter-console

How To Uninstall python-jupyter-console on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-jupyter-console

Uninstall python-jupyter-console And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-jupyter-console

Remove python-jupyter-console Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-jupyter-console

Remove python-jupyter-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-jupyter-console

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Summary

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