How To Install python3-logilab-common on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-logilab-common on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-logilab-common is useful miscellaneous modules used by Logilab projects (Python3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-logilab-common

python3-logilab-common is:

logilab-common is a collection of low-level Python packages and modules, designed to ease:

  • handling command line options and configuration files
  • writing interactive command line tools
  • manipulation files and character strings
  • interfacing to OmniORB
  • generating SQL queries
  • running unit tests
  • manipulating tree structures
  • accessing RDBMS (currently postgreSQL, MySQL and sqlite)
  • generating text and HTML reports
  • logging
  • parsing XML processing instructions

This package contains the Python 3 version of logilab-common.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-logilab-common

Install python3-logilab-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-logilab-common

Install python3-logilab-common 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-logilab-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-logilab-common

How To Uninstall python3-logilab-common on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-logilab-common

Uninstall python3-logilab-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-logilab-common

Remove python3-logilab-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-logilab-common

Remove python3-logilab-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-logilab-common

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Summary

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