How To Install python3-lesscpy on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-lesscpy on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-lesscpy is LessCss Compiler for Python 3.x

Introduction

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

What is python3-lesscpy

python3-lesscpy is:

Lesscpy is a compiler written in Python for the lesscss language. It is very useful if node.js can’t be installed in the environment. Not all features of lesscss are supported (yet). Some features wil probably never be supported (JavaScript evaluation).

This program uses PLY (Python Lex-Yacc) to tokenize/parse the input and is considerably slower than the nodejs compiler.

This package provides the Python 3.x module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-lesscpy

Install python3-lesscpy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-lesscpy

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

sudo aptitude -y install python3-lesscpy

How To Uninstall python3-lesscpy on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-lesscpy

Uninstall python3-lesscpy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-lesscpy

Remove python3-lesscpy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-lesscpy

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

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

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

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Summary

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