How To Install python-traitsui on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-traitsui on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-traitsui
python-traitsui is:
The traitsui project contains a toolkit-independent GUI abstraction layer, which is used to support the “visualization” features of the Traits package. Thus, you can write code in terms of the Traits API (views, items, editors, etc.), and let traitsui and your selected toolkit and back-end take care of the details of displaying them.
There are three methods to install python-traitsui 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-traitsui 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-traitsui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-traitsui
Install python-traitsui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-traitsui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-traitsui
Install python-traitsui 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-traitsui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-traitsui
How To Uninstall python-traitsui on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-traitsui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-traitsui
Uninstall python-traitsui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-traitsui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-traitsui
Remove python-traitsui Configurations and Data
To remove python-traitsui configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-traitsui
Remove python-traitsui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-traitsui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-traitsui
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-traitsui package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
