How To Install python-libmsiecf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libmsiecf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libmsiecf
python-libmsiecf is:
libmsiecf is a library to access the Microsoft Internet Explorer (MSIE) Cache File (index.dat) files.
This package contains Python 2 bindings for libmsiecf.
There are three methods to install python-libmsiecf 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-libmsiecf 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-libmsiecf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libmsiecf
Install python-libmsiecf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libmsiecf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libmsiecf
Install python-libmsiecf 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-libmsiecf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libmsiecf
How To Uninstall python-libmsiecf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libmsiecf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libmsiecf
Uninstall python-libmsiecf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libmsiecf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libmsiecf
Remove python-libmsiecf Configurations and Data
To remove python-libmsiecf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libmsiecf
Remove python-libmsiecf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libmsiecf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libmsiecf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libmsiecf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
