How To Install python-odf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-odf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-odf
python-odf is:
Odfpy is a library to read and write OpenDocument v. 1.1 files. The main focus has been to prevent the programmer from creating invalid documents. It has checks that raise an exception if the programmer adds an invalid element, adds an attribute unknown to the grammar, forgets to add a required attribute or adds text to an element that doesn’t allow it.
These checks and the API itself were generated from the RelaxNG schema, and then hand-edited. Therefore the API is complete and can handle all ODF constructions.
There are three methods to install python-odf 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-odf 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-odf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-odf
Install python-odf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-odf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-odf
Install python-odf 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-odf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-odf
How To Uninstall python-odf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-odf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-odf
Uninstall python-odf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-odf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-odf
Remove python-odf Configurations and Data
To remove python-odf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-odf
Remove python-odf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-odf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-odf
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-odf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
