How To Install python3-feather-format on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-feather-format on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-feather-format is Python interface to the Apache Arrow-based Feather File Format (Python 3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-feather-format

python3-feather-format is:

Feather is binary columnar serialization for data frames. It is designed to read and write data frames very efficiently, and to make it easy to share data across multiple data analysis languages.

This package provides python3 binding for feather format.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-feather-format

Install python3-feather-format Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-feather-format

Install python3-feather-format 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-feather-format using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-feather-format

How To Uninstall python3-feather-format on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-feather-format

Uninstall python3-feather-format And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-feather-format

Remove python3-feather-format Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-feather-format

Remove python3-feather-format configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-feather-format

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Summary

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