How To Install python-sphinx-gallery-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sphinx-gallery-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. python-sphinx-gallery-doc is extension that builds an HTML gallery of examples from Python scripts (Doc)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-sphinx-gallery-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

python-sphinx-gallery-doc is:

  • Simple examples that run out of the box are the best way to learn a library
  • Pleasing, organized, visual layouts
  • Links, searching, backlinks throughout examples and documentation

This package contains documentation for sphinx-gallery.

There are three methods to install python-sphinx-gallery-doc 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.

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-sphinx-gallery-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-sphinx-gallery-doc

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-sphinx-gallery-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-sphinx-gallery-doc

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-sphinx-gallery-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-sphinx-gallery-doc

To uninstall only the python-sphinx-gallery-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-sphinx-gallery-doc

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-sphinx-gallery-doc

To remove python-sphinx-gallery-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-sphinx-gallery-doc

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-sphinx-gallery-doc

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Summary

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