How To Install python-notebook on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-notebook on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-notebook
python-notebook is:
The Jupyter Notebook is a web application that allows you to create and share documents that contain live code, equations, visualizations, and explanatory text. The Notebook has support for multiple programming languages, sharing, and interactive widgets.
This package contains the Python 2 library.
This package is not required to run Python 2 code in the notebook, only to allow Python 2 code to interact directly with the notebook server.
There are three methods to install python-notebook 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-notebook 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-notebook using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-notebook
Install python-notebook Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-notebook using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-notebook
Install python-notebook 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-notebook using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-notebook
How To Uninstall python-notebook on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-notebook package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-notebook
Uninstall python-notebook And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-notebook and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-notebook
Remove python-notebook Configurations and Data
To remove python-notebook configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-notebook
Remove python-notebook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-notebook configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-notebook
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-notebook package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
