How To Install python-phonenumbers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-phonenumbers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-phonenumbers
python-phonenumbers is:
This package provides a Python 2 port of Google’s libphonenumber library for parsing, formatting, storing and validating international phone numbers.
There are three methods to install python-phonenumbers 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-phonenumbers 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-phonenumbers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-phonenumbers
Install python-phonenumbers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-phonenumbers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-phonenumbers
Install python-phonenumbers 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-phonenumbers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-phonenumbers
How To Uninstall python-phonenumbers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-phonenumbers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-phonenumbers
Uninstall python-phonenumbers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-phonenumbers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-phonenumbers
Remove python-phonenumbers Configurations and Data
To remove python-phonenumbers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-phonenumbers
Remove python-phonenumbers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-phonenumbers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-phonenumbers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-phonenumbers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
