How To Install python3-odf on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-odf on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-odf
python3-odf is:
Odfpy is a library to read and write OpenDocument v. 1.1 files. The main focus has been to prevent the programmer from creating invalid documents. It has checks that raise an exception if the programmer adds an invalid element, adds an attribute unknown to the grammar, forgets to add a required attribute or adds text to an element that doesn’t allow it.
These checks and the API itself were generated from the RelaxNG schema, and then hand-edited. Therefore the API is complete and can handle all ODF constructions.
In addition to the API, there are a few scripts:
- csv2ods - Create OpenDocument spreadsheet from comma separated values
- mailodf - Email ODF file as HTML archive
- odf2xhtml - Convert ODF to (X)HTML
- odf2mht - Convert ODF to HTML archive
- odf2xml - Create OpenDocument XML file from OD? package
- odfimgimport - Import external images
- odflint - Check ODF file for problems
- odfmeta - List or change the metadata of an ODF file
- odfoutline - Show outline of OpenDocument
- odfuserfield - List or change the user-field declarations in an ODF file
- xml2odf - Create OD? package from OpenDocument in XML form
There are three methods to install python3-odf 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-odf 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-odf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-odf
Install python3-odf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-odf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-odf
Install python3-odf 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-odf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-odf
How To Uninstall python3-odf on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-odf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-odf
Uninstall python3-odf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-odf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-odf
Remove python3-odf Configurations and Data
To remove python3-odf configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-odf
Remove python3-odf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-odf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-odf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-odf package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
