How To Install python3-livereload on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-livereload
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is python3-livereload
python3-livereload is:
It is really boring for Web developers to need to refresh their browser every time they save a (CSS, JavaScript, or HTML) file. LiveReload will take care of that for you, so that when you save a file, your browser will refresh itself - and what’s more, it can perform tasks such as compiling LESS to CSS before the browser reload.
This package contains the Python 3 version of livereload.
There are three methods to install python3-livereload
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-livereload 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-livereload
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-livereload
Install python3-livereload Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-livereload
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-livereload
Install python3-livereload 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-livereload
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-livereload
How To Uninstall python3-livereload on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the python3-livereload
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-livereload
Uninstall python3-livereload And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-livereload
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-livereload
Remove python3-livereload Configurations and Data
To remove python3-livereload
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-livereload
Remove python3-livereload configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-livereload
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-livereload
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-livereload
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.