How To Install python-send2trash on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-send2trash on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-send2trash
python-send2trash is:
This module sends a file to the trash using either the Glib system for handling a desktop trash file or its own home-grown system if python-gi is not installed.
This package installs the library for Python 2.
There are three methods to install python-send2trash 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-send2trash 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-send2trash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-send2trash
Install python-send2trash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-send2trash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-send2trash
Install python-send2trash 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-send2trash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-send2trash
How To Uninstall python-send2trash on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-send2trash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-send2trash
Uninstall python-send2trash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-send2trash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-send2trash
Remove python-send2trash Configurations and Data
To remove python-send2trash configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-send2trash
Remove python-send2trash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-send2trash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-send2trash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-send2trash package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
