How To Install python3-prettytable on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-prettytable on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-prettytable is library to represent tabular data in visually appealing ASCII tables (Python3)

Introduction

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

What is python3-prettytable

python3-prettytable is:

PrettyTable is a simple Python library designed to make it quick and easy to represent tabular data in visually appealing ASCII tables. It was inspired by the ASCII tables used in the PostgreSQL shell psql. PrettyTable allows for selection of which columns are to be printed, independent alignment of columns (left or right justified or centred) and printing of “sub-tables” by specifying a row range.

This package contains the Python 3 version of prettytable.

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

sudo apt-get -y install python3-prettytable

Install python3-prettytable Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python3-prettytable

Install python3-prettytable 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-prettytable using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-prettytable

How To Uninstall python3-prettytable on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python3-prettytable

Uninstall python3-prettytable And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-prettytable

Remove python3-prettytable Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-prettytable

Remove python3-prettytable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-prettytable

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Summary

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