How To Install python-tktreectrl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tktreectrl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-tktreectrl
python-tktreectrl is:
The TkTreectrl module provides a widget for Tkinter-based GUIs that presents a tree as known for representaions e.g. of a file system. Technically, it wraps the treectrl tk extension for use with Python/Tkinter.
The package adds Treectrl, MultiListbox, ScrolledTreectrl, ScrolledMultiListbox and ScrolledWidget into the current namespace of a Python 2 instance.
There are three methods to install python-tktreectrl 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-tktreectrl 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-tktreectrl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tktreectrl
Install python-tktreectrl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tktreectrl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tktreectrl
Install python-tktreectrl 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-tktreectrl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tktreectrl
How To Uninstall python-tktreectrl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-tktreectrl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tktreectrl
Uninstall python-tktreectrl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tktreectrl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tktreectrl
Remove python-tktreectrl Configurations and Data
To remove python-tktreectrl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tktreectrl
Remove python-tktreectrl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tktreectrl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tktreectrl
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tktreectrl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.