How To Install python-podcastparser on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-podcastparser on Ubuntu 18.04. python-podcastparser is Simplified, fast RSS parsing library (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-podcastparser on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-podcastparser

python-podcastparser is:

The podcast parser project is a library from the gPodder project to provide an easy and reliable way of parsing RSS- and Atom-based podcast feeds in Python.

This package installs the library for Python 2.

There are three methods to install python-podcastparser 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-podcastparser 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-podcastparser using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-podcastparser

Install python-podcastparser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-podcastparser using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-podcastparser

Install python-podcastparser 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-podcastparser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-podcastparser

How To Uninstall python-podcastparser on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-podcastparser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-podcastparser

Uninstall python-podcastparser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-podcastparser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-podcastparser

Remove python-podcastparser Configurations and Data

To remove python-podcastparser configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-podcastparser

Remove python-podcastparser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-podcastparser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-podcastparser

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-podcastparser package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.