How To Install python-moneyed on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-moneyed on Ubuntu 18.04. python-moneyed is Currency and Money classes for use in Python 2 code

Introduction

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

What is python-moneyed

python-moneyed is:

The need to represent instances of money frequently arises in software development, particularly any financial/economics software. To address that need, this package provides the classes of Money and Currency, at a level more useful than just using Python’s Decimal class, or even the float primitive. The package is meant to be stand-alone and easy to either use directly, or subclass further.

This is the Python 2 version of the package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-moneyed

Install python-moneyed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-moneyed

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

sudo aptitude -y install python-moneyed

How To Uninstall python-moneyed on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-moneyed

Uninstall python-moneyed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-moneyed

Remove python-moneyed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-moneyed

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

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

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

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Summary

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