How To Install python-statistics on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-statistics on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-statistics
python-statistics is:
This package provides a Python 2.X port of the 3.4 Statistics module.
This module provides functions for calculating mathematical statistics of numeric (Real-valued) data.
There are three methods to install python-statistics 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-statistics 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-statistics using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-statistics
Install python-statistics Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-statistics using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-statistics
Install python-statistics 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-statistics using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-statistics
How To Uninstall python-statistics on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-statistics package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-statistics
Uninstall python-statistics And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-statistics and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-statistics
Remove python-statistics Configurations and Data
To remove python-statistics configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-statistics
Remove python-statistics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-statistics configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-statistics
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-statistics package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
