How To Install python-landslide on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-landslide on Ubuntu 18.04. python-landslide is Lightweight markup language-based html5 slideshow generator

Introduction

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

What is python-landslide

python-landslide is:

Landside is a tool which can generates an HTML5 slideshow using lightweight markup as input.

You can write your slide contents easily using two syntaxes:

  • Markdown
  • ReStructuredText

This tool support CSS/JS theming, PDF export (using PrinceXML Python library), embed images with Base64 (for stand-alone document) and fancy transitions.

Sample presentation is visible here : http://slides.html5rocks.com/.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-landslide

Install python-landslide Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-landslide

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-landslide

How To Uninstall python-landslide on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-landslide

Uninstall python-landslide And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-landslide

Remove python-landslide Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-landslide

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

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

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

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Summary

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