How To Install python-pysrt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pysrt on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pysrt
python-pysrt is:
pysrt can be used to edit or create SubRip (.srt) subtitle files from Python. It supports parsing, shifting, removing, slicing, spliting and rescaling of these files.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
It also contains the “srt” binary to interact with this library.
There are three methods to install python-pysrt 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-pysrt 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-pysrt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pysrt
Install python-pysrt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pysrt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pysrt
Install python-pysrt 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-pysrt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pysrt
How To Uninstall python-pysrt on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pysrt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pysrt
Uninstall python-pysrt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pysrt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pysrt
Remove python-pysrt Configurations and Data
To remove python-pysrt configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pysrt
Remove python-pysrt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pysrt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pysrt
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pysrt package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
