How To Install python3-easydev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-easydev on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-easydev is common utilities to ease the development of Python packages (Python 3)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-easydev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-easydev

python3-easydev is:

The package easydev provides miscellaneous functions that are often used in other Python packages. easydev should help developers in speeding up their own developments.

This package installs the library for Python 3.

There are three methods to install python3-easydev 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-easydev 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-easydev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-easydev

Install python3-easydev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-easydev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-easydev

Install python3-easydev 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-easydev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-easydev

How To Uninstall python3-easydev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-easydev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-easydev

Uninstall python3-easydev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-easydev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-easydev

Remove python3-easydev Configurations and Data

To remove python3-easydev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-easydev

Remove python3-easydev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-easydev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-easydev

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-easydev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.