How To Install python3-gnucash on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnucash on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-gnucash
python3-gnucash is:
Gnucash provides accounting functions suitable for use by small businesses and individuals. It can track finances in multiple accounts, keeping running and reconciled balances. There is support for customer, vendor and employee processing. It has an X based graphical user interface, double entry, a hierarchy of accounts, expense accounts (categories), and can import Quicken QIF files and OFX files.
This package contains the Python bindings for Gnucash which allow you to read and manipulate Gnucash data files.
Package: python3-gnucash Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:3.8b-1build4 Priority: optional Section: universe/python Source: gnucash Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Dmitry Smirnov [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1702 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2), python3 (« 3.9), python3 (>= 3.8~), python3:any Filename: pool/universe/g/gnucash/python3-gnucash_3.8b-1build4_amd64.deb Size: 244188 MD5sum: 0ad75593c6dd95b60b8cb14b54197050 SHA1: 0d524e11e42dd9716dc97a282889eb96890d6aac SHA256: 6d91f5678418a908034185ee3d854afc6459b29a9a78fe107a9c32c56382339c Homepage: http://www.gnucash.org/ Description-en: Gnucash interface for Python Gnucash provides accounting functions suitable for use by small businesses and individuals. It can track finances in multiple accounts, keeping running and reconciled balances. There is support for customer, vendor and employee processing. It has an X based graphical user interface, double entry, a hierarchy of accounts, expense accounts (categories), and can import Quicken QIF files and OFX files.
This package contains the Python bindings for Gnucash which allow you to read and manipulate Gnucash data files.
There are three methods to install python3-gnucash 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-gnucash 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-gnucash using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-gnucash
Install python3-gnucash Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-gnucash using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-gnucash
Install python3-gnucash 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-gnucash using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-gnucash
How To Uninstall python3-gnucash on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-gnucash package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-gnucash
Uninstall python3-gnucash And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-gnucash and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-gnucash
Remove python3-gnucash Configurations and Data
To remove python3-gnucash configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-gnucash
Remove python3-gnucash configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-gnucash configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-gnucash
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-gnucash package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.