How To Install python-levenshtein on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-levenshtein on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-levenshtein
python-levenshtein is:
The Levenshtein module computes Levenshtein distances, similarity ratios, generalized medians and set medians of Unicode or non-Unicode strings. Because it’s implemented in C, it’s much faster than the corresponding Python library functions and methods.
The Levenshtein distance is the minimum number of single-character insertions, deletions, and substitutions to transform one string into another.
It is useful for spell checking, or fuzzy matching of gettext messages.
There are three methods to install python-levenshtein 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-levenshtein 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-levenshtein using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-levenshtein
Install python-levenshtein Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-levenshtein using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-levenshtein
Install python-levenshtein 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-levenshtein using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-levenshtein
How To Uninstall python-levenshtein on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-levenshtein package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-levenshtein
Uninstall python-levenshtein And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-levenshtein and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-levenshtein
Remove python-levenshtein Configurations and Data
To remove python-levenshtein configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-levenshtein
Remove python-levenshtein configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-levenshtein configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-levenshtein
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-levenshtein package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
