How To Install python3-q-text-as-data on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-q-text-as-data on Ubuntu 18.04. python3-q-text-as-data is performs SQL-like statements on tabular text data - Python 3.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-q-text-as-data on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is python3-q-text-as-data

python3-q-text-as-data is:

Q is a command line tool that allows direct execution of SQL-like queries on CSVs/TSVs (and any other tabular text files). Q treats ordinary files as database tables, and supports all SQL constructs, such as WHERE, GROUP BY, JOINs etc. It supports automatic column name and column type detection, and provides full support for multiple encodings.

This package provides the Python 3 version.

There are three methods to install python3-q-text-as-data 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-q-text-as-data 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-q-text-as-data using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-q-text-as-data

Install python3-q-text-as-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-q-text-as-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-q-text-as-data

Install python3-q-text-as-data 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-q-text-as-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-q-text-as-data

How To Uninstall python3-q-text-as-data on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the python3-q-text-as-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-q-text-as-data

Uninstall python3-q-text-as-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-q-text-as-data

Remove python3-q-text-as-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-q-text-as-data

Remove python3-q-text-as-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-q-text-as-data

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Summary

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