How To Install python-webassets on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webassets on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-webassets
python-webassets is:
Assets helps you merge and compress any JavaScript and CSS files on your web development project.
This is the Python 2 version of the package.
There are three methods to install python-webassets 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-webassets 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-webassets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-webassets
Install python-webassets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-webassets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-webassets
Install python-webassets 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-webassets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-webassets
How To Uninstall python-webassets on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-webassets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-webassets
Uninstall python-webassets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-webassets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-webassets
Remove python-webassets Configurations and Data
To remove python-webassets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-webassets
Remove python-webassets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-webassets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-webassets
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-webassets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
