How To Install python-pyface on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyface on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyface
python-pyface is:
The pyface project contains a toolkit-independent GUI abstraction layer, which is used to support the “visualization” features of the Traits package. Thus, you can write code in terms of the Traits API (views, items, editors, etc.), and let pyface and your selected toolkit and back-end take care of the details of displaying them.
The following GUI backends are supported: o wxPython o PyQt o PySide
There are three methods to install python-pyface 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-pyface 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-pyface using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyface
Install python-pyface Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyface using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyface
Install python-pyface 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-pyface using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyface
How To Uninstall python-pyface on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyface package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyface
Uninstall python-pyface And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyface and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyface
Remove python-pyface Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyface configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyface
Remove python-pyface configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyface configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyface
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyface package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
