How To Install python-pyscss on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyscss on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyscss
python-pyscss is:
pyScss compiles Scss (Sass), a superset of CSS that is more powerful, elegant and easier to maintain than plain-vanilla CSS. The library acts as a CSS source code preprocesor which allows you to use variables, nested rules, mixins, and have inheritance of rules, all with a CSS-compatible syntax which the preprocessor then compiles to standard CSS.
This package provides the Python 2.x module.
There are three methods to install python-pyscss 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-pyscss 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-pyscss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyscss
Install python-pyscss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyscss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyscss
Install python-pyscss 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-pyscss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyscss
How To Uninstall python-pyscss on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyscss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyscss
Uninstall python-pyscss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyscss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyscss
Remove python-pyscss Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyscss configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyscss
Remove python-pyscss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyscss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyscss
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyscss package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
