How To Install python-lesscpy on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lesscpy on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-lesscpy
python-lesscpy is:
Lesscpy is a compiler written in Python for the lesscss language. It is very useful if node.js can’t be installed in the environment. Not all features of lesscss are supported (yet). Some features wil probably never be supported (JavaScript evaluation).
This program uses PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) to tokenize/parse the input and is considerably slower than the nodejs compiler.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-lesscpy 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-lesscpy 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-lesscpy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-lesscpy
Install python-lesscpy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-lesscpy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-lesscpy
Install python-lesscpy 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-lesscpy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-lesscpy
How To Uninstall python-lesscpy on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-lesscpy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-lesscpy
Uninstall python-lesscpy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-lesscpy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-lesscpy
Remove python-lesscpy Configurations and Data
To remove python-lesscpy configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-lesscpy
Remove python-lesscpy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-lesscpy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-lesscpy
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-lesscpy package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
