How To Install python3-jellyfish on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-jellyfish on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-jellyfish
python3-jellyfish is:
Jellyfish is a Python library for doing approximate and phonetic matching of strings. Includes algorithms for string comparison (Levenshtein Distance, Damerau-Levenshtein Distance, Jaro Distance, Jaro-Winkler Distance, Match Rating Approach Comparison, Hamming Distance) and phonetic encoding (American Soundex, Metaphone, NYSIIS, Match Rating Codex).
This package installs the library for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-jellyfish 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-jellyfish 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-jellyfish using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-jellyfish
Install python3-jellyfish Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-jellyfish using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-jellyfish
Install python3-jellyfish 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-jellyfish using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-jellyfish
How To Uninstall python3-jellyfish on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-jellyfish package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-jellyfish
Uninstall python3-jellyfish And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-jellyfish and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-jellyfish
Remove python3-jellyfish Configurations and Data
To remove python3-jellyfish configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-jellyfish
Remove python3-jellyfish configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-jellyfish configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-jellyfish
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-jellyfish package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
