How To Install python3-mechanicalsoup on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mechanicalsoup on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-mechanicalsoup
python3-mechanicalsoup is:
A Python library for automating interaction with websites. MechanicalSoup automatically stores and sends cookies, follows redirects, and can follow links and submit forms. It doesn’t do Javascript.
MechanicalSoup provides a similar API to the Mechanize library using Requests (for http sessions) and BeautifulSoup (for document navigation).
This package provides the modules for Python 3.
There are three methods to install python3-mechanicalsoup 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-mechanicalsoup 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-mechanicalsoup using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-mechanicalsoup
Install python3-mechanicalsoup Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-mechanicalsoup using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-mechanicalsoup
Install python3-mechanicalsoup 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-mechanicalsoup using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-mechanicalsoup
How To Uninstall python3-mechanicalsoup on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-mechanicalsoup package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-mechanicalsoup
Uninstall python3-mechanicalsoup And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-mechanicalsoup and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mechanicalsoup
Remove python3-mechanicalsoup Configurations and Data
To remove python3-mechanicalsoup configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mechanicalsoup
Remove python3-mechanicalsoup configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-mechanicalsoup configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mechanicalsoup
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mechanicalsoup package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
