How To Install python-progressbar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-progressbar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-progressbar
python-progressbar is:
A text progress bar is typically used to display the progress of a long running operation, providing a visual cue that processing is underway.
The ProgressBar class manages the current progress, and the format of the line is given by a number of widgets. A widget is an object that may display differently depending on the state of the progress bar. There are three types of widgets:
- a string, which always shows itself
- a ProgressBarWidget, which may return a different value every time its update method is called
- a ProgressBarWidgetHFill, which is like ProgressBarWidget, except it expands to fill the remaining width of the line.
There are three methods to install python-progressbar 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-progressbar 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-progressbar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-progressbar
Install python-progressbar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-progressbar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-progressbar
Install python-progressbar 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-progressbar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-progressbar
How To Uninstall python-progressbar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-progressbar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-progressbar
Uninstall python-progressbar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-progressbar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-progressbar
Remove python-progressbar Configurations and Data
To remove python-progressbar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-progressbar
Remove python-progressbar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-progressbar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-progressbar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-progressbar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
