How To Install python-musicbrainz2 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-musicbrainz2 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-musicbrainz2
python-musicbrainz2 is:
python-musicbrainz2 provides simple, object oriented access to the MusicBrainz web service. It is useful for applications like CD rippers, taggers, media players, and other tools that need music metadata.
The MusicBrainz Project (see http://musicbrainz.org) collects music metadata and is maintained by its large and constantly growing user community.
There are three methods to install python-musicbrainz2 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-musicbrainz2 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-musicbrainz2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-musicbrainz2
Install python-musicbrainz2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-musicbrainz2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-musicbrainz2
Install python-musicbrainz2 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-musicbrainz2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-musicbrainz2
How To Uninstall python-musicbrainz2 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-musicbrainz2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-musicbrainz2
Uninstall python-musicbrainz2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-musicbrainz2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-musicbrainz2
Remove python-musicbrainz2 Configurations and Data
To remove python-musicbrainz2 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-musicbrainz2
Remove python-musicbrainz2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-musicbrainz2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-musicbrainz2
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-musicbrainz2 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
