How To Install python-prettytable on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-prettytable on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-prettytable
python-prettytable is:
PrettyTable is a simple Python library designed to make it quick and easy to represent tabular data in visually appealing ASCII tables. It was inspired by the ASCII tables used in the PostgreSQL shell psql. PrettyTable allows for selection of which columns are to be printed, independent alignment of columns (left or right justified or centred) and printing of “sub-tables” by specifying a row range.
There are three methods to install python-prettytable 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-prettytable 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-prettytable using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-prettytable
Install python-prettytable Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-prettytable using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-prettytable
Install python-prettytable 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-prettytable using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-prettytable
How To Uninstall python-prettytable on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-prettytable package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-prettytable
Uninstall python-prettytable And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-prettytable and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-prettytable
Remove python-prettytable Configurations and Data
To remove python-prettytable configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-prettytable
Remove python-prettytable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-prettytable configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-prettytable
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-prettytable package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
