How To Install python-robot-detection on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-robot-detection on Ubuntu 18.04. python-robot-detection is Detect web crawlers from HTTP UserAgent (Python 2 version)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-robot-detection on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-robot-detection

python-robot-detection is:

This Python module detects if a given HTTP User Agent is a web crawler. It uses the list of registered robots from the robotstxt.org.

This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.

There are three methods to install python-robot-detection 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-robot-detection 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-robot-detection using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-robot-detection

Install python-robot-detection Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-robot-detection using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-robot-detection

Install python-robot-detection 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-robot-detection using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-robot-detection

How To Uninstall python-robot-detection on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-robot-detection package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-robot-detection

Uninstall python-robot-detection And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-robot-detection and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-robot-detection

Remove python-robot-detection Configurations and Data

To remove python-robot-detection configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-robot-detection

Remove python-robot-detection configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-robot-detection configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-robot-detection

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-robot-detection package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.