How To Install python-olefile on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-olefile
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python-olefile
python-olefile is:
Python package to parse, read and write Microsoft OLE2 files (also called Structured Storage, Compound File Binary Format or Compound Document File Format), such as Microsoft Office 97-2003 documents, vbaProject.bin in MS Office 2007+ files, Image Composer and FlashPix files, Outlook MSG files, StickyNotes, several Microscopy file formats, McAfee antivirus quarantine files, etc.
There are three methods to install python-olefile
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-olefile 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-olefile
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-olefile
Install python-olefile Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-olefile
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-olefile
Install python-olefile 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-olefile
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-olefile
How To Uninstall python-olefile on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python-olefile
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-olefile
Uninstall python-olefile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-olefile
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-olefile
Remove python-olefile Configurations and Data
To remove python-olefile
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-olefile
Remove python-olefile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-olefile
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-olefile
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-olefile
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.