How To Install python-pywapi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pywapi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pywapi
python-pywapi is:
The module provides a Python wrapper around the Yahoo! Weather, Weather.com and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) APIs. Fetch weather reports using zip code, location id, city name, state, country etc.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-pywapi 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-pywapi 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-pywapi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pywapi
Install python-pywapi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pywapi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pywapi
Install python-pywapi 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-pywapi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pywapi
How To Uninstall python-pywapi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pywapi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pywapi
Uninstall python-pywapi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pywapi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pywapi
Remove python-pywapi Configurations and Data
To remove python-pywapi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pywapi
Remove python-pywapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pywapi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pywapi
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pywapi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
