How To Install python3-dateparser on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dateparser
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-dateparser
python3-dateparser is:
dateparser provides modules to easily parse localized dates in almost any string formats commonly found on web pages.
- Generic parsing of dates in over 200 language locales plus numerous formats in a language agnostic fashion.
- Generic parsing of relative dates like: ‘1 min ago’, ‘2 weeks ago’, ‘3 months, 1 week and 1 day ago’, ‘in 2 days’, ’tomorrow’.
- Generic parsing of dates with time zones abbreviations or UTC offsets like: ‘August 14, 2015 EST’, ‘July 4, 2013 PST’, ‘21 July 2013 10:15 pm +0500’.
- Date lookup in longer texts.
- Support for non-Gregorian calendar systems.
- Extensive test coverage.
There are three methods to install python3-dateparser
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-dateparser 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-dateparser
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dateparser
Install python3-dateparser Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dateparser
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dateparser
Install python3-dateparser 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-dateparser
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dateparser
How To Uninstall python3-dateparser on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-dateparser
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dateparser
Uninstall python3-dateparser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dateparser
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dateparser
Remove python3-dateparser Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dateparser
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dateparser
Remove python3-dateparser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dateparser
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dateparser
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dateparser
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.