How To Install python-tmdbsimple on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tmdbsimple on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-tmdbsimple
python-tmdbsimple is:
tmdbsimple is a wrapper, written in Python, for The Movie Database (TMDb) API v3. By calling the functions available in tmdbsimple one can simplify their code and easily access a vast amount of movie, tv, and cast data.
Features:
- One-to-one mapping between tmdbsimple functions and TMDb methods.
- Implements all TMDb methods, including Accounts and Authentication.
- Implements new TV features.
- Easy to access data using Python class attributes.
- Easy to experiment with tmdbsimple functions inside the Python interpreter.
An API key is required to interact with the API endpoint.
This package contains the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-tmdbsimple 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-tmdbsimple 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-tmdbsimple using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-tmdbsimple
Install python-tmdbsimple Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-tmdbsimple using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-tmdbsimple
Install python-tmdbsimple 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-tmdbsimple using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-tmdbsimple
How To Uninstall python-tmdbsimple on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-tmdbsimple package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-tmdbsimple
Uninstall python-tmdbsimple And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-tmdbsimple and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-tmdbsimple
Remove python-tmdbsimple Configurations and Data
To remove python-tmdbsimple configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-tmdbsimple
Remove python-tmdbsimple configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-tmdbsimple configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-tmdbsimple
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-tmdbsimple package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
