How To Install python3-guessit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-guessit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-guessit
python3-guessit is:
GuessIt is a Python library that tries to extract as much information as possible from a video file. It has a very powerful filename matcher that allows one to guess a lot of metadata from a video using only its filename. This matcher works with both movies and TV show episodes.
This package contains the Python 3 module.
It also contains the “guessit” binary to interact with this library.
There are three methods to install python3-guessit 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-guessit 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-guessit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-guessit
Install python3-guessit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-guessit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-guessit
Install python3-guessit 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-guessit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-guessit
How To Uninstall python3-guessit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-guessit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-guessit
Uninstall python3-guessit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-guessit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-guessit
Remove python3-guessit Configurations and Data
To remove python3-guessit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-guessit
Remove python3-guessit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-guessit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-guessit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-guessit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
