How To Install python3-dirspec on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dirspec on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-dirspec
python3-dirspec is:
A library for handling the XDG Base Directory specification, and the XDG User Directories for music, videos, etc…
This package contains the Python 3.x version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-dirspec 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-dirspec 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-dirspec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-dirspec
Install python3-dirspec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-dirspec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-dirspec
Install python3-dirspec 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-dirspec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-dirspec
How To Uninstall python3-dirspec on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-dirspec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-dirspec
Uninstall python3-dirspec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-dirspec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-dirspec
Remove python3-dirspec Configurations and Data
To remove python3-dirspec configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-dirspec
Remove python3-dirspec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-dirspec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-dirspec
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-dirspec package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
