How To Install python3-canonicaljson on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-canonicaljson on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-canonicaljson
python3-canonicaljson is:
Canonical JSON implementation for Python 3.
- Encodes objects and arrays as RFC 7159 JSON.
- Sorts object keys so that you get the same result each time.
- Has no inignificant whitespace to make the output as small as possible.
- Escapes only the characters that must be escaped, U+0000 to U+0019 / U+0022 / U+0056, to keep the output as small as possible.
- Uses the shortest escape sequence for each escaped character.
- Encodes the JSON as UTF-8.
- Can encode frozendict immutable dictionaries.
There are three methods to install python3-canonicaljson 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 python3-canonicaljson Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-canonicaljson using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-canonicaljson
Install python3-canonicaljson Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-canonicaljson using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-canonicaljson
Install python3-canonicaljson 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 python3-canonicaljson using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-canonicaljson
How To Uninstall python3-canonicaljson on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-canonicaljson package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-canonicaljson
Uninstall python3-canonicaljson And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-canonicaljson and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-canonicaljson
Remove python3-canonicaljson Configurations and Data
To remove python3-canonicaljson configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-canonicaljson
Remove python3-canonicaljson configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-canonicaljson configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-canonicaljson
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-canonicaljson package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
