How To Install python3-libsass on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libsass on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-libsass
python3-libsass is:
This package provides a simple Python 3 extension module sass which is binding Libsass (written in C/C++ by Hampton Catlin and Aaron Leung). It’s very straightforward and there isn’t any headache related Python distribution/deployment. That means you can add just libsass into your setup.py’s install_requires list or requirements.txt file. Need no Ruby nor Node.js.
There are three methods to install python3-libsass 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-libsass 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-libsass using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-libsass
Install python3-libsass Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-libsass using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-libsass
Install python3-libsass 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-libsass using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-libsass
How To Uninstall python3-libsass on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-libsass package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-libsass
Uninstall python3-libsass And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-libsass and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-libsass
Remove python3-libsass Configurations and Data
To remove python3-libsass configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-libsass
Remove python3-libsass configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-libsass configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-libsass
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-libsass package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
