How To Install python-libsass on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libsass on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-libsass
python-libsass is:
This package provides a simple Python extension module sass which is binding Libsass (written in C/C++ by Hampton Catlin and Aaron Leung). It’s very straightforward and there isn’t any headache related Python distribution/deployment. That means you can add just libsass into your setup.py’s install_requires list or requirements.txt file. Need no Ruby nor Node.js.
There are three methods to install python-libsass 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-libsass 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-libsass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-libsass
Install python-libsass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-libsass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-libsass
Install python-libsass 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-libsass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-libsass
How To Uninstall python-libsass on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-libsass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-libsass
Uninstall python-libsass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-libsass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-libsass
Remove python-libsass Configurations and Data
To remove python-libsass configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-libsass
Remove python-libsass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-libsass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-libsass
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-libsass package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
