How To Install python-vcversioner on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-vcversioner on Ubuntu 18.04. python-vcversioner is Use version control tags to discover version numbers

Introduction

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

What is python-vcversioner

python-vcversioner is:

vcversioner autodiscovers a Python project’s version number using version control system tags. This allows developers to avoid duplicating version information between their VCS and their setup.py metadata.

When the package is built, vcversioner generates a version.txt file that can be used for release tarballs.

Currently, vcversioner supports the git and mercurial (hg) VCS.

This module contains vcversioner for Python 2.x

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

sudo apt-get -y install python-vcversioner

Install python-vcversioner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-vcversioner

Install python-vcversioner 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-vcversioner using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-vcversioner

How To Uninstall python-vcversioner on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-vcversioner

Uninstall python-vcversioner And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-vcversioner

Remove python-vcversioner Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python-vcversioner

Remove python-vcversioner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-vcversioner

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Summary

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