How To Install python-wit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-wit
python-wit is:
This package provides Wit, a Python library for converting wiki markup into another kind of markup. Currently it supports HTML and plain text.
There are three methods to install python-wit 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-wit 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-wit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-wit
Install python-wit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-wit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-wit
Install python-wit 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-wit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-wit
How To Uninstall python-wit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-wit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-wit
Uninstall python-wit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-wit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-wit
Remove python-wit Configurations and Data
To remove python-wit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-wit
Remove python-wit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-wit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-wit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-wit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
