How To Install python-shellescape on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-shellescape on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-shellescape
python-shellescape is:
This python2 library helps to escape a string to safely use it as a token in a shell command.
The shellescape Python module defines the shellescape.quote() function that returns a shell-escaped version of a Python string. This is a backport of the shlex.quote() function from Python 3.4.3 that makes it accessible to users of Python 3 versions < 3.3 and all Python 2.x versions.
There are three methods to install python-shellescape 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-shellescape 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-shellescape using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-shellescape
Install python-shellescape Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-shellescape using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-shellescape
Install python-shellescape 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-shellescape using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-shellescape
How To Uninstall python-shellescape on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-shellescape package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-shellescape
Uninstall python-shellescape And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-shellescape and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-shellescape
Remove python-shellescape Configurations and Data
To remove python-shellescape configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-shellescape
Remove python-shellescape configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-shellescape configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-shellescape
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-shellescape package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
