How To Install python-pycountry on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycountry on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pycountry
python-pycountry is:
pycountry provides ISO country, subdivision, language, currency and script definitions and their translations, taken from the iso-codes package.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-pycountry 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-pycountry 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-pycountry using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pycountry
Install python-pycountry Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pycountry using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pycountry
Install python-pycountry 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-pycountry using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pycountry
How To Uninstall python-pycountry on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pycountry package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pycountry
Uninstall python-pycountry And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pycountry and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pycountry
Remove python-pycountry Configurations and Data
To remove python-pycountry configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pycountry
Remove python-pycountry configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pycountry configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pycountry
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pycountry package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
