How To Install python-urwid-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-urwid-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. python-urwid-doc is curses-based UI/widget library (common documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-urwid-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python-urwid-doc

python-urwid-doc is:

Urwid is a console user interface library that includes many features useful for text console application developers including:

  • Fluid interface resizing (xterm window resizing/fbset on Linux console)
  • Web application display mode using Apache and CGI
  • Support for UTF-8, simple 8-bit and CJK encodings
  • Multiple text alignment and wrapping modes built-in
  • Ability to create user-defined text layout classes
  • Simple markup for setting text attributes
  • Powerful list box that handles scrolling between different widget types
  • List box contents may be managed with a user-defined class
  • Flexible edit box for editing many different types of text
  • Buttons, check boxes and radio boxes
  • Customizable layout for all widgets
  • Easy interface for creating HTML screen shots

This is the common documentation package.

There are three methods to install python-urwid-doc 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-urwid-doc 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-urwid-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-urwid-doc

Install python-urwid-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-urwid-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-urwid-doc

Install python-urwid-doc 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-urwid-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-urwid-doc

How To Uninstall python-urwid-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python-urwid-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-urwid-doc

Uninstall python-urwid-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-urwid-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-urwid-doc

Remove python-urwid-doc Configurations and Data

To remove python-urwid-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-urwid-doc

Remove python-urwid-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-urwid-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-urwid-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-urwid-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.