How To Install python-slimmer on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-slimmer on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-slimmer
python-slimmer is:
Slimmer is a library that optimizes whitespace in CSS, JavaScript, HTML and XHTML output.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-slimmer 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-slimmer 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-slimmer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-slimmer
Install python-slimmer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-slimmer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-slimmer
Install python-slimmer 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-slimmer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-slimmer
How To Uninstall python-slimmer on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-slimmer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-slimmer
Uninstall python-slimmer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-slimmer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-slimmer
Remove python-slimmer Configurations and Data
To remove python-slimmer configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-slimmer
Remove python-slimmer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-slimmer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-slimmer
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-slimmer package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
