How To Install python-spyderlib on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-spyderlib on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-spyderlib
python-spyderlib is:
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the python-spyder package. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install python-spyderlib 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-spyderlib 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-spyderlib using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-spyderlib
Install python-spyderlib Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-spyderlib using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-spyderlib
Install python-spyderlib 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-spyderlib using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-spyderlib
How To Uninstall python-spyderlib on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-spyderlib package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-spyderlib
Uninstall python-spyderlib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-spyderlib and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-spyderlib
Remove python-spyderlib Configurations and Data
To remove python-spyderlib configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-spyderlib
Remove python-spyderlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-spyderlib configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-spyderlib
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-spyderlib package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
